Boy, 16, and man discovered lifeless in crashed Mercedes submerged in off-road flood
Two individuals have been killed after a Mercedes car careened off a UK highway into floodwater.
A person, 40, and a teenage boy, 16, grew to become the newest victims of Storm Henk chaos after Britain was battered by rain for days on finish. Lincolnshire Police stated the crash was reported round 1.30pm on Saturday (January 6) when a blue Mercedes 300 left the highway at Tetney Lock Road in Tetney, Lincolnshire.
Police officers, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, and East Midlands Ambulance Service crews have been all instantly dispatched following the reviews. However officers have now confirmed each the person and {the teenager} have been pronounced lifeless on the scene.
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The pair’s subsequent of kin have been knowledgeable and are actually being supported. Investigators are actually interesting for individuals with dashcam footage to come back ahead. A Lincolnshire police spokeswoman stated in a press release: “Please check footage from the Laceby crossroads at Laceby, Grimsby, and the surrounding roads leading to the Tetney Lock Road area between 12:30 and 13.33 yesterday.”
She added police didn’t consider another automobiles have been concerned however officers have been “keeping an open mind”. Diversions have been additionally put in place on the Tetney Lock Road junction with Hoop End and the Tetney Lock Road junction with New Delights.
Tetney Lock is on a canal and leads out to the North Sea to the east. On the west it heads within the route of Louth. It is considered one of quite a few locations affected by Storm Henk climate chaos, which introduced greater than 40mm of rain in a 24-hour interval.
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The Met Office has since revealed there will probably be extra disagreeable climate right this moment (Sunday, January 7) and subsequent week. Met Office chief forecaster Jason Kelly stated: “The transition to lower temperatures will be noticeable over the weekend. It will become rather cold next week with lower-than-average temperatures across much of the UK, accentuated by brisk easterly winds in the south.
“As the prevailing weather conditions will be characterised by high pressure, a good deal of settled weather is likely. Clearer skies and a marked reduction in precipitation are expected, although any showers that do occur are likely to be wintry in nature. A combination of overnight freezing temperatures, saturated ground and calm winds mean increasing risks of frost, fog and icy conditions.”
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