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Girl, two, killed in river crash Girl, two, killed in river crash
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A two-year old girl has died and four children have been critically injured when a 4x4 vehicle crashed into a river in Lincolnshire. A two-year old girl died and four children were critically injured when a Land Rover car 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 vehicle 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. The 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. Police said some people tried to rescue the car's occupants from the river.
The two-year-old child was also taken to Lincoln County Hospital, where she died later. 'Waded in water'
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 two-year-old child was also taken to Lincoln County Hospital, where she later died.
The accident happened as the 4x4 passed a white minibus towing a trailer containing canoes on a single track road. Lincolnshire Police spokesman Sgt Andy Roach said it was believed the Land Rover lost control and plunged down the embankment into the River Witham.
Sgt Roach said: "There was some local heroes who've actually gone - waded into the water - and helped rescue these people from the vehicle." The accident at 1550 BST on Sunday happened as the car passed a white minibus towing a trailer containing canoes on a single track road.
Sgt Roach said: "There were some local heroes who... 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, aged between 3 and 13, were later transferred to Leicester Royal Infirmary.
The children are aged between three and 13.