Person dies & another seriously injured after ‘getting into difficulty' in water at popular UK beach
WATER TRAGEDY Person dies & another seriously injured after 'getting into difficulty' in water at popular UK beach
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A PERSON has died and another was left in a "serious condition" after getting into difficulty in the sea.
Emergency services were scrambled to the North Tyneside coast at around 6pm on May 19 after reports two people had been caught in a rip current.
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One casualty, who was found to be in a critical condition, was taken by air ambulance to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade confirmed that they tragically died three days three days later.
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