The owner of a quarry in Appley Bridge, a village near Wigan, has made a desperate plea for people to stay away after a third person lost their life swimming in the water-filled crater. Jamie Lewin, 16, tragically died after getting into difficulties swimming at East Quarry, Dawber Delph on Saturday July 9.
He is the third teenager to lose his life in the water following Miracle Godson, who died in 2015 and Craig Croston in 1999. Despite the area being surrounded by fencing and signs telling people to stay away, it remains a popular swimming area during the hot weather.
The tragedy of the ‘one in a million’ teenager from Stockport, caused shock, upset, and anger in the community, but people were still found to be trying to access the quarry in the following days.
