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Two girls, aged 14 and 15, die 'holding hands' after jumping 125ft from suicide bridge
Two girls died last night after jumping from a 125ft-high road bridge in a suspected suicide pact.
The girls, aged 14 and 15, were seen holding hands as they plunged to their deaths from the Erskine Bridge, a notorious suicide spot near Glasgow.
One of the teenagers is from Dumbartonshire town of Helensburgh, while the other is understood to be from Hull in north-east England.
The pair, who have not been named, both attended the Good Shepherd Centre in nearby Bishopton, Renfrewshire.
The Good Shepherd is a residential school for girls aged 12-18 with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4uf4wMj
The unit cares for young people referred to the centre by local authority educational and psychological services, social work departments and children's hearings.
Both girls came to the unit seven to eight weeks ago.
A centre spokesman said they had been on apparently happy and productive weekend outings with relatives and were seen by staff in their pyjamas going to their rooms to watch television yesterday evening.
But staff carrying out routine checks noticed they were missing and began a search of the campus and the immediate vicinity.
Shortly afterwards, police called to inform staff of the incident which had taken place at the Erskine Bridge.
A spokesman for the Good Shepherd centre said: 'The thoughts and prayers of all at the Good Shepherd centre are with the families and friends of the girls who have died.
'Counselling is being offered to the other residents at the unit, who have been shocked and traumatised by what has happened.'
He said staff are offering every co-operation to the police.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4um1GX3
The Good Shepherd Centre comprises three sections - an open unit, a secure unit and the St Francis Day Unit.
The two girls who died were among nine live-in residents at the open unit, which also has 21 day girls who live in foster or care homes.
Pupils there are not kept under lock and key but any outing requires authorisation.
No authorisation was given for the girls to leave yesterday evening.
The Good Shepherd Centre is an independent unit owned and managed by its own voluntary board of managers.
It is affiliated to the CORA Foundation, a non-profit-making company owned by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4uvITNO
The girls' bodies were pulled from the water last night after a search involving police, fire and rescue services, coastguard teams and the Ministry of Defence.
They were then taken to the Southern General Hospital in a Ministry of Defence helicopter.
Fire appliances from Clydebank, Knightswood, Polmadie and Renfrew community fire stations and two fire rescue boats were sent to the scene to assist with the search and rescue effort on the water and along the shoreline.
A coastguard helicopter was also sent to the scene, and pulled one of the girls from the water.
The second girl was located by a Strathclyde Fire and Rescue boat and removed with the help of a police boat.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said it had been contacted by Strathclyde Police to help with the search for the two girls.
A police spokesman said: ‘We can confirm the death of two girls, aged 14 and 15 years, at the Erskine Bridge on Sunday.
‘Inquiries are continuing; however, there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths.'
The spokesman said both bodies had been recovered from the River Clyde close to where they had jumped by 10.30pm.
He added: 'We would ask anyone who was in the area at the time and may have witnessed the incident to call us.'
A Coastguard source said: 'The information that we have is that it was two teenagers and that they held hands as they jumped from the bridge.
'They were clearly in the water for a long time and it is very rarely that anyone lives after a fall like that.
'We co-ordinated a search for the girls and they were eventually picked up by an RAF helicopter.'
The Erskine Bridge is one of Scotland's highest bridges and connects Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire. It is renowned as a notorious suicide spot.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4uzZERb
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tragic, its only a couple of miles from me, i know that area well.
Two girls, aged 14 and 15, die 'holding hands' after jumping 125ft from suicide bridge
Two girls died last night after jumping from a 125ft-high road bridge in a suspected suicide pact.
The girls, aged 14 and 15, were seen holding hands as they plunged to their deaths from the Erskine Bridge, a notorious suicide spot near Glasgow.
One of the teenagers is from Dumbartonshire town of Helensburgh, while the other is understood to be from Hull in north-east England.
The pair, who have not been named, both attended the Good Shepherd Centre in nearby Bishopton, Renfrewshire.
The Good Shepherd is a residential school for girls aged 12-18 with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4uf4wMj
The unit cares for young people referred to the centre by local authority educational and psychological services, social work departments and children's hearings.
Both girls came to the unit seven to eight weeks ago.
A centre spokesman said they had been on apparently happy and productive weekend outings with relatives and were seen by staff in their pyjamas going to their rooms to watch television yesterday evening.
But staff carrying out routine checks noticed they were missing and began a search of the campus and the immediate vicinity.
Shortly afterwards, police called to inform staff of the incident which had taken place at the Erskine Bridge.
A spokesman for the Good Shepherd centre said: 'The thoughts and prayers of all at the Good Shepherd centre are with the families and friends of the girls who have died.
'Counselling is being offered to the other residents at the unit, who have been shocked and traumatised by what has happened.'
He said staff are offering every co-operation to the police.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4um1GX3
The Good Shepherd Centre comprises three sections - an open unit, a secure unit and the St Francis Day Unit.
The two girls who died were among nine live-in residents at the open unit, which also has 21 day girls who live in foster or care homes.
Pupils there are not kept under lock and key but any outing requires authorisation.
No authorisation was given for the girls to leave yesterday evening.
The Good Shepherd Centre is an independent unit owned and managed by its own voluntary board of managers.
It is affiliated to the CORA Foundation, a non-profit-making company owned by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4uvITNO
The girls' bodies were pulled from the water last night after a search involving police, fire and rescue services, coastguard teams and the Ministry of Defence.
They were then taken to the Southern General Hospital in a Ministry of Defence helicopter.
Fire appliances from Clydebank, Knightswood, Polmadie and Renfrew community fire stations and two fire rescue boats were sent to the scene to assist with the search and rescue effort on the water and along the shoreline.
A coastguard helicopter was also sent to the scene, and pulled one of the girls from the water.
The second girl was located by a Strathclyde Fire and Rescue boat and removed with the help of a police boat.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said it had been contacted by Strathclyde Police to help with the search for the two girls.
A police spokesman said: ‘We can confirm the death of two girls, aged 14 and 15 years, at the Erskine Bridge on Sunday.
‘Inquiries are continuing; however, there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths.'
The spokesman said both bodies had been recovered from the River Clyde close to where they had jumped by 10.30pm.
He added: 'We would ask anyone who was in the area at the time and may have witnessed the incident to call us.'
A Coastguard source said: 'The information that we have is that it was two teenagers and that they held hands as they jumped from the bridge.
'They were clearly in the water for a long time and it is very rarely that anyone lives after a fall like that.
'We co-ordinated a search for the girls and they were eventually picked up by an RAF helicopter.'
The Erskine Bridge is one of Scotland's highest bridges and connects Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire. It is renowned as a notorious suicide spot.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218214/Two-teenage-girls-die-jumping-bridge-holding-hands.html#ixzz0T4uzZERb
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tragic, its only a couple of miles from me, i know that area well.
, or even high strangeness?
