MAN DROWNS TRYING TO SAVE DOG
A man has been pronounced deceased at Lancaster Hospital after being rescued from the River Lune in Lancaster this afternoon.
At 2.12 pm a member of the public called Liverpool Coastguard to report that they could see a man in the water near the weir of the River Lune in Halton. Further information yielded that the man had jumped into the river after his dog had got into difficulty, but that the man himself could not swim.
Liverpool Coastguard tasked Knott End and Morecambe Coastguard Rescue Teams, the Morecambe RNLI inshore lifeboat and hovercraft, swift water rescue technicians from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Services and a rescue helicopter from RAF Valley.
At 3pm the man was recovered and treated by waiting paramedics. He was transferred to Lancaster Hospital but was later pronounced deceased.
Liverpool Coastguard Watch Manager Paul Parkes said: