A FIFTH person has died while swimming on the hottest day of the year after a body was pulled from a lake in Sheffield.
Emergency crews discovered a body in the lake in Crookes Valley Park, South Yorks, at 7.30pm last night - just hours after a teenage girl was pulled from the water in Oxfordshire.
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Emergency crews discovered a body in the lake in Crookes Valley Park, South Yorks, at 7.30pm last night Credit: MEN Media 6
Cops revealed a teen girl was pulled from Ducklington Lake in Witney, Oxfordshire Credit: ITV
South Yorkshire Police said an underwater search team had recovered a body just before midnight.
Formal identification has not yet taken place.
It came hours after a teenage girl drowned in an Oxfordshire lake.
Cops revealed they were called to Ducklington Lake, in Witney, at around 2.35pm on Sunday and the girl was then pulled from the water.
However, Thames Valley Police revealed despite being taken to hospital she later tragically died.
The girl’s family have been informed and are being closely supported by specially-trained officers.
The death is being treated as unexplained and non-suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.
TRAGIC DISCOVERY
Meanwhile police yesterday discovered the body of a 19-year-old man who vanished in Salford Quays.
Greater Manchester Police were unable to revive the teen, who went missing on Sunday afternoon.
"Sadly, despite a rescue operation at Salford Quays this evening, a 19-year-old man has lost his life," a tweet on Greater Manchester Police's Twitter account read.
"Our thoughts are with this young man's family and friends, and the people who witnessed the tragic events."
Eyewitnesses last night claimed that the lad had entered the water in a desperate bid to rescue a dog.
One told the Manchester Evening News: "He jumped in to save his dog, the dog got out.
"Everyone else jumped in trying to look for him. People were screaming and someone was shouting 'my friend's drowning'".
Another said: “The dog jumped in first.
“He went in and they couldn’t find him for about an hour and a half.”
Police launched an underwater search in the Quays and pictures from the scene show emergency crews being called to the area - which was packed with locals enjoying the scorching heat.
Firefighters were seen climbing into diving equipment before heading into the waters as temperatures touched 30C.
The emergency came on the hottest day of the year and The Quays were full of swimmers diving into the water.
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Meanwhile, a man in his 40s died after falling off a cliff at Dorset beauty spot Lulworth Cove.
The tourist, who was aged in his 40s, had climbed part-way up the 200ft tall Stair Hole when he slipped and fell.
An air ambulance, coastguards, a lifeboat crew and police raced to the scene at 6.30pm yesterday as temperatures soared into the late 20s.
Elsewhere, a boy who vanished after entering the River Eden in Rickery Park near Stony Holme, Carlisle was today identified as 16-year-old Mohammad Abdul Hamid.
His family and friends are being supported by officers.
Police launched a search after they received a report of concern for the welfare of the boy at around 9pm by North West Ambulance Service.
The body was found at around 11:45am on Sunday. Formal identification has not yet taken place.
A passersby told the BBC that he had heard someone had drowned in the river, but this has not been confirmed.
In York, the body of a man in his 50s was recovered from the River Ouse, close to the Water End Bridge on Sunday evening.
Officers attended the scene, along with the fire and ambulance services, after being contacted by kayakers shortly before 5pm.
While formal identification is yet to take place, North Yorkshire Police believe they know the identity of the deceased but are awaiting confirmation.
And in Wakefield, cops were called to the lake at Pugneys Country Park after receiving reports that a man had got into difficulty in the water.
Around 16 vehicles arrived at the scene close to the beach area of the country park and specialist teams searched the water.
In a statement West Yorkshire Police said: "Emergency services attended and an initial search of the lake was carried out to no gain.
"Enquiries are continuing at the scene and an underwater search is now in progress."
SWIMMER MISSING
Meanwhile, a search was launched after a swimmer reportedly went missing in Ardingly Reservoir, Sussex.
Cops used drones, a helicopter and Kayaks to scour a huge lake before darkness fell.
Just last month, security guards were introduced at the site to stop unsupervised swimming.
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Staff said the cold water temperature, silt, as well as hidden pipework and machinery make conditions extremely dangerous.
On Saturday, we reported how a dad-of-two died of a suspected heart attack after collapsing on a cricket field during a match.
Maqsood Anwar, 45, fell ill while bowling in the 27C weather near Barry, South Wales.
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A search was launched after a swimmer reportedly went missing in Ardingly Reservoir Credit: EDDIE MITCHELL 6
A police chopper seen above the emergency operation in Salford Credit: @BenMillss 6
A man is his 50s was pulled from the River Ouse in York Credit: Alamy