Police have confirmed that two people have died after they were called to an incident at a lake in East Yorkshire. Emergency services are reminding people of the dangers of open water after also rescuing four people from the lake.
Police, the fire service and the ambulance service were all called to the lake between High Eske Nature Reserve and Pulfin Bog Nature Reserve, near Tickton, at around 7pm on Wednesday evening (May 24). In a statement, Humberside Fire and Rescue confirmed that two people had died and four others had been rescued, Hull Live reports.
The statement said: "Last night Emergency Services attended an incident at High Eske Nature Reserve, Tickton, despite the very best efforts of the Emergency services on the scene, tragically the incident resulted in two young people losing their lives.
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"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families and friends at this difficult time. Crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, Humberside Police, and Yorkshire Ambulance Services were in attendance and worked together.
"A further four members of the public were rescued from the reserve by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service using a boat and Humberside Police deployed diving teams.
"The Service is working closely with Humberside Police, and the area is currently closed to the public as we continue to investigate this very tragic incident. The Service would like to stress the importance of remaining safe around open water and the clear advice from the Emergency Services is that people should not enter the water.
"Open water such as ponds, rivers and lakes etc. are highly dangerous and people should not enter them."
The coastguard and an air ambulance were also in attendance, according to witnesses. One man said: "I was just in the Beverley area, when I saw the emergency services everywhere, heading to same place.
"Then I saw the helicopter land, so I tried to get a look, but it was parked right at bottom of a field track. There was around three or four fire engines, a large fire van, an ambulance car, lots of other unmarked vehicles, and then police van all going to the scene."
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