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Wintry weather 'contributing factor' to river car tragedy

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue say the wintry weather was a 'contributing factor' in the accident in which a family in two cars plunged into a river, killing dad David Cox.

Today there is no evidence of the tragedy that had unfolded along the snowy and icy bridleway which runs close to the River Wye, not far from the A6.




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BBC pays tribute to dad killed in school run river tragedy

The head of the BBC has paid tribute to employee David Cox who was killed in Derbyshire yesterday when his car left the road and overturned in a river while he and his wife took their children to school.

Mr Cox and his wife Ruth were driving their children Tess, 11 and Loan, 9, in separate cars when they both skidded off of the road and into the River Wye.

Tess managed to escape her fathers car after around 4o minutes and get to the riverbank as did wife Ruth and Loan.

Despite neighbours launching a desperate rescue attempt to try and free Mr Cox he later died in hospital.

Acting BBC Director General Tim Davie praised Mr Cox's role in the corporation's coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.




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Man dies after car leaves road and goes into river

A man has died after two vehicles left the road and went into a river at Buxton.

At around 8:30am this morning, two vehicles driving along a bridle path which runs near to the Monsal Trail, north of the A6, left the path and entered the River Wye.

Three passengers, one from the first car and two from the second, all managed to escape safely.

The 42-year-old driver of the first car, a Toyota Aygo, died later at Stepping Hill Hospital.

An investigation has been launched.

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