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Police search for missing man after rowing boat capsizes on Thames

Five other adults were rescued after the boat capsized on Friday, but a man in his 60s was still missing on Saturday morning.

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A police search is ongoing for a man who went missing after a rowing boat capsized on the River Thames.

Emergency services were called to Sunbury Lock, Sunbury-on-Thames, at about 8.50am on Friday, Surrey Police said.

Five other adults were rescued after the boat capsized, but a man in his 60s was still missing on Saturday morning.

Sunbury Lock
The search is continuing after the incident at Wheatleys Eyot (Jonathan Brady/PA)

“We, along with other emergency services, were called to Sunbury Lock near Wheatleys Eyot at around 8.50am yesterday morning (October 11) after reports that six adults had entered the water.

“Five of those people were safely located but a man in his 60s remains missing.”

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