'Even if the water's only to your knees,' the currents can be dangerous, a lifeguarding charity has warned after two teenagers died off the beach in Bournemouth
Officers continue to investigate the Dorset Belle, a pleasure boat that was seen in the area, after a boy, 17, from Southampton, and girl, 12, from Buckinghamshire, died in hospital after getting into difficulty in the sea off Bournemouth beach on Wednesday afternoon.
"So there's a very light chance that underneath that pier, if there's a channel that's pushing you back out to see, it's going to push you against one of the piers, one of the groins." "We are continuing with our investigation, which is still at the early stages, and would ask people not to speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident to both protect our enquiries and out of respect for the victims' families.The Dorset Belle, which can carry up to 80 guests, made several circuits in the waters off Bournemouth Pier on Wednesday, according to online tracker MarineTraffic, including around the time of the incident.
A spokesman for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council earlier told the PA news agency: "We do not license this boat."
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