Teenager dies in river incident at Grassington

A teenager has tragically died after getting into difficulty in the River Wharfe at Grassington.

He was treated by paramedics, but sadly pronounced dead.  The man has been named locally as Ben Marklew, from Skipton.

A spokesman for Fire and Rescue said crews from Skipton and Grassington attended at Station Road, Grassington, at 7.18pm to reports of a person missing in the river after jumping in.  They pulled the male from the river at Linton Falls just downstream and handed him over to the ambulance crews.

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service said they received an emergency call at 7.09pm on Thursday July 22nd July to reports of a male in difficulty in the River Wharfe at Grassington: "An ambulance, clinical supervisor, air ambulance and Mountain Rescue were dispatched to the scene.  But despite the tireless efforts of all those responding to the incident, the man sadly died."

Enquiries are ongoing.