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1/1 A PROUD dad has talked about the part he and his teenage son played in helping someone in distress on a York bridge. Seventeen-year-old Lucas Carlin, a student at York College, was walking near Clifton Bridge at about 9.30pm on Sunday (Feb 21) when he noticed a person on the wrong side of the railings who didn’t look well. His dad Gary, who has been a volunteer with York Rescue Boat for six years, said Lucas walked a short distance away and called him for advice. Gary said the family live nearby in Clifton and he immediately got in his car.
Much-loved ferryman drowned in river bank accident, inquest hears A MUCH-LOVED and well-respected ferryman drowned when he slipped on the muddy bank of the River Ouse close to his volunteer ferry, an inquest heard. Michael Anthony Turnham, 77, went out as it was getting dark to find his mobile phone because he believed he may have lost it on a walk earlier that day, his wife Patricia told the coroner’s officer. She asked him to take a torch and when he didn’t return within 45 minutes, she raised the alarm. Sgt Simon Pape told the inquest Mr Turnham’s village of Nun Monkton turned out in force to help the police look for him, as did a police helicopter, search dogs and the York Rescue Boat.