A woman's first date with a man she met online turned to a tragedy.
Charlotte Brown who was killed when she was thrown from a speedboat and
into the Thames while on a date.She had been thrilled
to take her first trip on a speedboat when she set off after a meal in
The Shard skyscraper on Tuesday, her relatives said.
The Evening Standard reports the
24-year-old business development consultant from Welling, south-east
London, met her 29-year-old date online and the pair had been in contact
for around a month, with Ms Brown “excited” see him in person,
according to her family.
But the after-dinner boat ride turned to tragedy when they were thrown
into the water. The coastguard was called after receiving reports of
screams coming from the Thames near Wandsworth Bridge, south-west
London, at around 11.45pm. The pair were pulled from the water and
rushed to hospital, but she later died.
Her sister said:
“Even the best swimmer in the Thames at his time of
year, with the current conditions and the cold, I don’t see many people
standing a chance without a life jacket.
“We don’t know exactly what happened. If she was wearing a life jacket there is a chance she could still be here today.”
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