A 55-year-old woman has died after experiencing difficulties in the water at Swan Pool in West Bromwich. Emergency services were alerted to the incident around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, following reports of a person in trouble in the water.
Firefighters from West Midlands Fire Service, including specialist water rescue crews, responded to the scene. Despite the efforts of firefighters, police officers, and paramedics, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene after being recovered from the water. West Midlands Police stated that her death is not being treated as suspicious and that they will be liaising with the coroner.
This incident is the latest in a series of water-related fatalities during the current hot weather. Earlier on Saturday, the body of a 22-year-old man was recovered from a river in Shrewsbury. On Friday, a man died at a beach in Essex, and on Wednesday, a 50-year-old man was pronounced dead at Aberavon beach in Wales after encountering difficulties while swimming.
Additionally, a teenage boy died after entering a lake to cool off in Leicestershire during the heatwave. The 13-year-old went missing after going for a swim at Meynell Lake. In May, a teenage girl also lost her life after getting into difficulties at Kingsbury Water Park near Tamworth, Staffordshire, during hot weather.