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| Kelly Webster and Lauren Thornton die on Windermere boat | |
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| Carbon monoxide poisoning is thought to have killed a mother and her 10-year-old daughter on a boat in Cumbria. | |
| A man, 39, who was also on the privately-owned vessel on Windermere is seriously ill in hospital after the incident on Monday afternoon. | |
| Kelly Webster, 36, and Lauren Thornton, from the Leyland area of Lancashire, were airlifted to Royal Lancaster Infirmary where they both died. | |
| Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out later. | Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out later. |
| It is understood one theory involves the use of a generator on the boat, which may have been faulty. | It is understood one theory involves the use of a generator on the boat, which may have been faulty. |
| Cumbria Police said officers were called to reports that three people on the boat were having serious breathing difficulties. | Cumbria Police said officers were called to reports that three people on the boat were having serious breathing difficulties. |
| Breathing masks | Breathing masks |
| A spokeswoman said: "Police are investigating the circumstances of this tragic incident and trying to establish the full facts about what has happened. The coroner has been informed." | A spokeswoman said: "Police are investigating the circumstances of this tragic incident and trying to establish the full facts about what has happened. The coroner has been informed." |
| The incident, at a jetty near Bowness, was witnessed by Dragon's Den star Duncan Bannatyne, who remarked on the police and ambulance activity to his followers on Twitter. | The incident, at a jetty near Bowness, was witnessed by Dragon's Den star Duncan Bannatyne, who remarked on the police and ambulance activity to his followers on Twitter. |
| He later posted a photograph of the scene, saying: "Tragic accident over there I am afraid." | He later posted a photograph of the scene, saying: "Tragic accident over there I am afraid." |
| Other eyewitnesses reported seeing firefighters entering the boat wearing breathing masks. | Other eyewitnesses reported seeing firefighters entering the boat wearing breathing masks. |
| Joshua Kynaston, from Bolton, said: "I was in an ice-cream shop in Bowness when I heard ambulances. | Joshua Kynaston, from Bolton, said: "I was in an ice-cream shop in Bowness when I heard ambulances. |
| "Shortly after they started racing up and down the road until they stopped right in front of me. The medics jumped out and ran towards the boat. | "Shortly after they started racing up and down the road until they stopped right in front of me. The medics jumped out and ran towards the boat. |
| "The medics jumped aboard the boat and pulled the victims off. | "The medics jumped aboard the boat and pulled the victims off. |
| "From where I was, I could partly see past the sheet where the medics were still working hard and dragging defibrillators and other portable medical machinery from the ambulances. | "From where I was, I could partly see past the sheet where the medics were still working hard and dragging defibrillators and other portable medical machinery from the ambulances. |
| "Someone was taken off in a helicopter. Another person had countless amounts of CPR. | "Someone was taken off in a helicopter. Another person had countless amounts of CPR. |
| "Some of the firemen started to board the problem ship to search for the leak. They were in full suits with air tanks, not oxygen tanks." | "Some of the firemen started to board the problem ship to search for the leak. They were in full suits with air tanks, not oxygen tanks." |
| Nigel Wilkinson, from Windermere Lake Cruises, said public cruisers were diverted while the emergency services worked at the scene. | Nigel Wilkinson, from Windermere Lake Cruises, said public cruisers were diverted while the emergency services worked at the scene. |
| He said police, fire, ambulance, lake wardens, community first responders and the Great North Air Ambulance and the North West Air Ambulance were all involved. | He said police, fire, ambulance, lake wardens, community first responders and the Great North Air Ambulance and the North West Air Ambulance were all involved. |
| He said there was a feeling of "great sadness" in the area. | He said there was a feeling of "great sadness" in the area. |