Man drowns while swimming in reservoir amid spate of deaths linked to UK heatwave
Teenage girl safe after pair seen struggling in water
A 21-year-old man has died after he fell into difficulties in the waters of a reservoir in Chasewater Country Park, Staffordshire.
Emergency services were called to the Chasewater Reservoir in Burntwood at 6pm on Sunday when the man was spotted struggling in the water.
A teenage girl was also seen in difficulty but managed to make it out of the reservoir safely.
Staff from Staffordshire Police, West Midlands Ambulance Service, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Staffordshire Air Ambulance all attended the scene but were unable to save the man, whose body was recovered from the water.
The force is investigating how the pair fell into difficulty.
“The identities of the people involved are known to officers and their next of kin are being informed,” a Staffordshire Police spokesperson said.
“They will be offered support by specially trained officers.”
The recent warm weather in England has coincided with a number of drownings.
Three men’s bodies were pulled from the sea off the coast of south-west England earlier this week.
Two were discovered near Torquay on Thursday and one was found near Prussia Cove, Cornwall, on Friday.
This followed the death of 12-year-old Shukri Yahya Abdi, who drowned in the River Irwell in Bury, Lancashire, on Thursday.
Additional reporting by agencies
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