Police have named a mother and daughter who died from suspected gas poisoning on a boat trip on Windermere.
Kelly Webster, 36, and her daughter Lauren Thornton, 10, from Leyland in Lancashire, fell asleep after eating their lunch on board the boat during an Easter holiday trip.
They were regular visitors to the area along with Mrs Webster's partner, Matthew Eteson, who owned the boat, and had arrived at the lake on Easter Sunday.
The boat was moored at Bowness when the family suffered breathing problems On Monday, the three took the boat out and moored at Bowness before going to get some lunch then returning to eat it and falling asleep.
Cumbria Police said that "all signs" indicated that carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for the deaths and said they were looking at a potential fault with the boat's engine.
Paramedics tried to save the pair and they were air lifted to Royal Lancaster Infirmary, but died in the hospital.
Emergency services at the scene (Pic: Josh Kynaston) Mrs Webster's partner, Matthew Eteson, 39, who is the director of Preston Energi, a heating and plumbing company, was taken to hospital where he is continuing to receive treatment.
Becky Johnson, Sky's North of England Correspondent, said: "They are looking at a generator that had been added to the engine of the boat. That's what's being inspected at the moment.
"They are getting specialists in boat design to have a look because this is something that has been added recently to the craft. It could potentially be that that had a fault."
Tributes to the family have been paid on Facebook.
The family were airlifted to hospital (Pic: Josh Kynaston) David Hampson posted: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Matt, Kelly and Lauren, what a tragedy, they had such happy plans for their future together.
"To think a £20.00 CO monitor would have saved their lives. I WILL buy one today."
Ross Bullough wrote: "God bless Kelly and Lauren, rest in peace such a shame. And Matt we are all hoping you get better soon."
The scene of the tragedy Josh Kynaston, who witnessed the incident, said emergency crews had spent some time trying to locate the boat on the jetty.
He said: "They were trying to find the problem boat. Once they had found it, all the medics were out, all the fire brigade, all the police and they were trying to get to them as soon as possible because they knew straight away what what up, that they knew there was a problem with some gas leakage.
"Straight away they were dragging them out to the jetty because they couldn't operate on them on the boat and then they were trying to sort them out as quickly as possible.
"The helicopter had to keep doing consecutive trips and they were immediately sending them off as quickly as possible because they knew it was fatal."
Other eyewitnesses said they saw firefighters entering the boat wearing breathing masks.
The incident was witnessed by businessman and star of the television programme The Dragon's Den, Duncan Bannatyne, who posted a photograph of the scene on Twitter, saying: "Tragic accident over there I am afraid."
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