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Care home and charity charged over Roadford Lake boat deaths
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A care home and a charitable trust have been charged over the deaths of two people after a “wheelyboat” designed for wheelchair users capsized during a day trip on Roadford Lake near Okehampton in Devon. Police said the incident occurred on 8 June 2022, when the leaking boat resulted in six people entering the water. Alex Wood, 43, and Alison “Ali” Tilsley, 63, both from west Devon, died, while a woman in her 50s was seriously injured. Devon and Cornwall Police said Burdon Grange Care Home and South West Lakes Trust were charged by postal requisition with corporate manslaughter and an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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