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| Tributes paid to British woman killed in French boat accident | Tributes paid to British woman killed in French boat accident |
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| Victim, understood to be Jess Wilkes, 27, was flung from boat as it travelled on Rhone river near city of Avignon on Saturday night | |
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| Mon 23 Oct 2017 08.21 BST | |
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| Tributes have been paid to a British mother killed in a boat accident in southern France. | Tributes have been paid to a British mother killed in a boat accident in southern France. |
| The victim, understood to be Jess Wilkes, 27, was flung from the craft as it travelled on the Rhone near the city of Avignon on Saturday night. | The victim, understood to be Jess Wilkes, 27, was flung from the craft as it travelled on the Rhone near the city of Avignon on Saturday night. |
| Four other people were injured, including two seriously, when the boat the group were in struck a warning beacon, a French official told the Associated Press. | Four other people were injured, including two seriously, when the boat the group were in struck a warning beacon, a French official told the Associated Press. |
| Wilkes, from Lamberhurst, Kent, is said to have spent the evening with friends at a restaurant on Barthelasse, an island on the river, and the boat was travelling back to Avignon. | Wilkes, from Lamberhurst, Kent, is said to have spent the evening with friends at a restaurant on Barthelasse, an island on the river, and the boat was travelling back to Avignon. |
| Local officials have launched an investigation into the incident as Wilkes’s family and friends paid tribute to her. | Local officials have launched an investigation into the incident as Wilkes’s family and friends paid tribute to her. |
| Wilkes’s brother, Philip Wilkes, 25, told the Sun his sister was “larger than life and loved by her family”. | Wilkes’s brother, Philip Wilkes, 25, told the Sun his sister was “larger than life and loved by her family”. |
| Meanwhile her father, Bernard Wilkes, 72, said they “want answers” over the death of his “beautiful young girl who lived life to the full”. | Meanwhile her father, Bernard Wilkes, 72, said they “want answers” over the death of his “beautiful young girl who lived life to the full”. |
| He told the newspaper Wilkes, who celebrated turning 27 earlier in October, had a seven-year-old daughter. | He told the newspaper Wilkes, who celebrated turning 27 earlier in October, had a seven-year-old daughter. |
| Meanwhile a friend wrote on Facebook that “no word can describe this awful pain in my heart” over Wilkes’s death. | Meanwhile a friend wrote on Facebook that “no word can describe this awful pain in my heart” over Wilkes’s death. |
| They added: “I just wish I could be a better friend. Goodbye my twin, see you one day. Keep shining with your immense light in the sky.” | They added: “I just wish I could be a better friend. Goodbye my twin, see you one day. Keep shining with your immense light in the sky.” |
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