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Author Topic: Body found in river after search for swimmer: Bradford-on-Avon, 27 June 2025  (Read 357 times)
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« on: June 28, 2025, 22:35:34 »

A very sad event.

From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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The body of a 26-year-old man has been recovered from a river following an extensive search effort.

Wiltshire Police said it responded to concerns for a man who had been swimming in the River Avon in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, at 17:43 BST on Friday.

Emergency crews from Trowbridge, Chippenham, Bath and Temple Back, along with water rescue units from Trowbridge, Stratton and Bath, attended the scene and later recovered a body.

While formal identification has not yet taken place, police said the man's family had been informed.


Of note is that a fire and rescue crew from Temple Back (which is in central Bristol) was also dispatched to Bradford-on-Avon. Clearly the emergency services were doing all they could possibly do to rescue the swimmer.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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