A family have paid tribute to a teenage boy who died following an incident at a quarry near Appley Bridge.
The family of 16-year-old Jamie Lewin from Southport have paid tribute to their ‘one-in-a-million’ following the incident at the weekend. Police were initially called by the North West Ambulance Service at about 9.40pm on Saturday .
"He really was one in a million. I'm so happy I was his mum. He was only 16 and so full of life and so happy.”The death of Jamie brings the latest death toll at the quarry to three, with previous deaths happening in 1999 and 2015. But now, the deaths have been met with anger from local residents who are calling for the quarry to either be filled or drained.
“It cuts me up, I’m upset now and I feel for the parents, child and siblings. It should not be happening; we can’t let it happen again. It’s a magnet to young people and it should have been drained or filled years ago.
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