This absolutely dreadful. The news comes on a morning when I have been involved in an incident that could have led to the death of a 4-year-old due to the complete incompetence of adults responsible for her.
For God's sake, canals can be dangerous. It is madness at Napton at the moment. Brian was claiming yesterday he was in a queue of six coming down. When I got to the top about 11am there were nine waiting with two more coming round the bend. It's changeover day. People are rushing. Worse is that they've been on the canals a week and think they know it all. I've moored in the country for an early lunch and to take some time out. I am still shaken by both incidents. Steve Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: "Bernard Morton" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:03:50 To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [canals-list] Death at Cropredy Steve Just lifted this off the BBC Oxford website Bernard NB Lexa Woman killed in canal boat fall The family are thought to have hired the canal boat in Rugby A woman died when she fell from a canal boat in north Oxfordshire. Rescue services were called to the Oxford Canal at Old Wharf, in Cropredy, early on Thursday evening. Police believe the woman, who was in her late 40s and from Devon, struck her head as she fell off the back of the boat into a lock. She and her family had been on holiday. The canal was closed while the police carried out their investigation. There are no suspicious circumstances. The woman was declared dead at the scene by paramedics. Her family are thought to have hired the canal boat from a firm in Rugby, Warwickshire. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 31 July 2009 12:00 To: [email protected] Subject: [canals-list] Death at Cropredy Someone's told me that Radio Oxford are carrying reports this morning. I'm on the Oxford summit with no 3G reception. Can anyone post details please? Steve Sent using BlackBerryR from Orange ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
