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Divers find bodies of canoeists | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The bodies of two teenagers who had been missing since their canoe capsized on a lake in County Down have been found. | |
The pair had been missing since about 0100 BST at Castlewellan Forest Park. | |
The 18-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl, from the Castlewellan area, were found by a dive team at about 1100 BST. It is understood they were related. | |
The alarm was raised by a third person, who was also in the canoe but managed to swim ashore and dial 999. | The alarm was raised by a third person, who was also in the canoe but managed to swim ashore and dial 999. |
The coastguard, the police and the fire and rescue service had all been involved in the search. A police helicopter was also used in the operation. | |
Diana Gadd of Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre said: "The third canoeist that managed to get ashore is now receiving medical attention - we do not have any information yet as to what they were doing and why." | |