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Bawsey Pits: Man and teenage boy found dead in water | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
The bodies of a man and a teenage boy have been recovered from a water-filled quarry at a popular beauty spot, police have said. | |
Their bodies were pulled from Bawsey Pits near King's Lynn, Norfolk, on Tuesday. | |
Police said the dead man was in his 40s and the boy was in his mid-teens. They had drowned in separate pits. | |
Swimming is banned at the pits - which are deep and with thick undergrowth - but many ignore warning signs. | |
Police officers, firefighters, paramedics and an RAF search and rescue helicopter were involved in the search. A police helicopter was also called to assist. | |
Officers later confirmed the discovery of two bodies. They have not yet been identified. | |
Police said the body the man was discovered shortly before 19:30 BST and the boy's body was found shortly before 21:30 BST. | |
They said the bodies were recovered from separate pits and that the incidents were unrelated. | |
'Don't be tempted' | |
Norfolk's assistant chief constable Nick Dean said: "Clearly we need to piece together what happened here and the sequence of events which occurred throughout yesterday. | |
"Hopefully this will be the final tragedy of the summer." | |
He said officers would be at the pits today. | |
"There will be a police presence there in terms of warning people about the inherent dangers of going into open water," he said. | |
"We also need to send a message out to people that actually it's dangerous to swim in open water. | |
"It's going to be another hot day today. Take care out there and don't be tempted to go into this sort of lake or open water unless you are very, very sure about where you are swimming. |