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| Cumbrian boat pair 'die from carbon monoxide poisoning' | Cumbrian boat pair 'die from carbon monoxide poisoning' |
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| A woman and a girl have died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on a boat on Windermere in Cumbria. | |
| North West Ambulance Service said the pair were found on a private boat by the jetty near Glebe Road, Bowness, just after 16:00 BST. | |
| They went into cardiac arrest and were taken by air ambulance to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. | They went into cardiac arrest and were taken by air ambulance to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. |
| Cumbria Police later reported the woman, 36, and girl, aged 10, were dead. | Cumbria Police later reported the woman, 36, and girl, aged 10, were dead. |
| The force said it was called to reports that three people on a private boat were having serious breathing difficulties. | The force said it was called to reports that three people on a private boat were having serious breathing difficulties. |
| The woman and the girl, both from the Leyland area of Lancashire, were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. | The woman and the girl, both from the Leyland area of Lancashire, were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. |
| A man, who was also on the boat, is being treated at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. | A man, who was also on the boat, is being treated at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. |
| Eyewitness Joshua Kynaston, 16, of Bolton, said paramedics took the three people off the boat to treat them. | Eyewitness Joshua Kynaston, 16, of Bolton, said paramedics took the three people off the boat to treat them. |
| They were then taken to hospital by air ambulance, he said. | They were then taken to hospital by air ambulance, he said. |
| A police spokesman said officers were investigating "the circumstances of this tragic incident and trying to establish the full facts about what has happened". | A police spokesman said officers were investigating "the circumstances of this tragic incident and trying to establish the full facts about what has happened". |