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| Child dies after 4x4 river crash | Child dies after 4x4 river crash |
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| A three-year old girl has died and four children have been critically injured when a 4x4 vehicle crashed into a river in Lincolnshire. | A three-year old girl has died and four children have been critically injured when a 4x4 vehicle crashed into a river in Lincolnshire. |
| Two other children and two adults in the Land Rover were not seriously hurt when it left the A153 at Tattershall Bridge near Coningsby, police said. | Two other children and two adults in the Land Rover were not seriously hurt when it left the A153 at Tattershall Bridge near Coningsby, police said. |
| Four seriously-injured children were taken to Lincoln County Hospital and Boston Pilgrim Hospital. | Four seriously-injured children were taken to Lincoln County Hospital and Boston Pilgrim Hospital. |
| Lincolnshire police said the accident happened at 1550 BST on Sunday. | Lincolnshire police said the accident happened at 1550 BST on Sunday. |
| The three-year-old child was also taken to Lincoln County Hospital, where she died later. | The three-year-old child was also taken to Lincoln County Hospital, where she died later. |
| Lincolnshire Police spokesman Sgt Andy Roach said it is believed the Land Rover lost control and plunged down the embankment into the River Witham. | Lincolnshire Police spokesman Sgt Andy Roach said it is believed the Land Rover lost control and plunged down the embankment into the River Witham. |
| The accident happened as the 4x4 passed a white minibus towing a trailer containing canoes on a single track road. | The accident happened as the 4x4 passed a white minibus towing a trailer containing canoes on a single track road. |
| Sgt Roach said: "There was some local heroes who've actually gone - waded into the water - and helped rescue these people from the vehicle." | |
| Local resident Jill Ogburn, who helped the survivors, said: "It was very distressing - everybody was doing everything they could to help and to comfort the children." | Local resident Jill Ogburn, who helped the survivors, said: "It was very distressing - everybody was doing everything they could to help and to comfort the children." |
| Police said they believe the adults were the parents of all seven children. | Police said they believe the adults were the parents of all seven children. |
| Two of the seriously injured children were later transferred to Leicester Royal Infirmary. | Two of the seriously injured children were later transferred to Leicester Royal Infirmary. |
| The children are aged between three and 13. | The children are aged between three and 13. |