River Wear Deaths: Teenagers' Bodies Found

Two bodies have been discovered in the River Wear in Washington where two teenage girls had got into difficulties while swimming.

Northumbria Police confirmed the bodies had been found by divers teams searching near Fatfield Bridge on the river and that the operation had now been "scaled down".

An off-duty policeman and a member of the public had earlier tried to save the two girls after they had jumped in.

Onlookers jumped into the river to try and rescue the girls

An eyewitness said the girls had been taking turns to jump from a jetty into the river, according to Sky Tyne and Wear.

Police superintendent Alan Veitch said: "There were two people on the banks who saw the children in difficulty.

"One was an off-duty police officer going for a run who dived in and saved a boy who was trying to save one of the missing girls.

"Another gentleman dived in and swam the width of the river to get to one of the girls but he came up empty-handed. He was distraught as you can imagine."

A statement from Northumbria Police said: "Emergency services including specialist dive teams carried out searches of the river and the local area.

"At just before 9pm search teams found the body of a female. Around 10pm a second female was found.

"The families of both girls have been informed and both bodies have been taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital."

Supt Veitch said the river was tidal up to a point further upstream from where the girls went missing and there was a lot of debris and foliage in the water.

He added that the tide may have turned at around the time they got into difficulty.

Paul Cronin, 63, who lives near the scene, said: "This gentleman came running up towards the park and I thought it was strange because he was dressed in his boxer shorts, even though it's warm.

"He had just crawled out of the river and had nearly drowned himself. He was screaming at me 'Can you swim?'."

Fire crews, one in a dinghy searching the river, joined police specialists and a Coastguard team.

Ambulance staff were also in attendance. Roads including the bridge over the Wear have been closed while the major operation goes on.

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