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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claire Hayhurst

Care home and charity charged with corporate manslaughter after wheelchair users killed in boat incident

Roadford Lake in Okehampton, Devon, where two care home residents drowned when the boat they were travelling in capsized - (PA Wire)

A care home and a charitable trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter following a fatal incident in which two wheelchair users drowned when their boat capsized during an outing.

Emergency services attended Roadford Lake, near Okehampton in Devon, after a wheelchair-accessible vessel began taking on water, leading to six people entering the water.

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