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Coronavirus: Calls for lifeguard service to resume after deaths
May 26, 2020
The RNLI has been criticised for not having lifeguards on beaches after two people died in separate incidents in Cornwall.
A teenage girl trapped beneath a capsized boat and a man pulled from the sea died on Monday .
A councillor has urged lifeguards to "get back to the beaches as quickly as possible" to help save lives.
The RNLI said it was doing what it could to get its service up and running amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The deaths came after warnings about dangerous conditions over the bank holiday weekend.
Image copyright Peter Cash Image caption A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being pulled from the sea at Porthtowan
The RNLI suspended lifeguard patrols in March and has since announced plans to patrol 70 beaches this summer rather than its usual 240 .
The girl who died was with three others who survived after their rigid inflatable boat capsized on the Doom Bar near Padstow, which is not an area that usually has lifeguard cover, at about 12:45 BST.
A man was pronounced dead after being pulled from the sea near Constantine by an off-duty RNLI lifeguard at 12:27.
In a separate rescue, a man was pulled from the sea at Porthtowan by an off-duty RNLI lifeguard, and was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Oliver Huntsman, from Bude Surf Lifesaving Club, said lifeguards were "a front-line service" and called for RNLI management to "pull their socks up".
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