Man and child die in boat accident on River Avon

LONDON. May 14. KAZINFORM A man and a child have been found dead after a boating accident at a weir in the River Avon, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

The child was recovered from the water in Barford, near Warwick, shortly before 8.30pm on Saturday. The man was found shortly after 10pm. Both were declared dead at the scene.

Two more children, who were recovered from the water earlier, are being treated in Warwick Hospital.

One of the children, who was found unconscious in the water, is in a serious but stable condition. The second child was described as conscious but poorly.

The adult and three children had been in a small rowing boat which had capsized, the ambulance service said.

Emergency services were first called to the weir incident at around 5.35pm, after the small boat the four were travelling in capsized, Kazinform cites the Guardian.

One of the two children recovered from the water had suffered a cardiac arrest and was given CPR by the resident and the policeman before paramedics arrived.

The child has now been transferred to Birmingham Children's Hospital, Warwickshire Police said.

The names of the dead will not be released until formal identification processes have been completed, police said.

The incident prompted a major recovery operation involving Warwickshire Police, West Midlands Ambulance Service, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service and Severn Area Rescue.