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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Shaun Wilson

Double tragedy as at least two people die while 'trying to rescue teenage girl who was swept into freezing sea'

The girl fell into difficulty near Pier Towers on the beach at Withernsea, East Yorkshire - (Julius Zavatskis / Google Streetview)

Rescue efforts will continue today for a missing person - said to be a teenage girl - off the coast of East Yorkshire after two people lost their lives yesterday.

Humberside Police confirmed a man in his 60s and a second victim died in the sea off Withernsea following reports of "a number of people in difficulty in the water" at around 3.15pm on Friday.

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