Tragedy struck when a woman had her first date with a man she met online. Charlotte Brown is said to have been killed when she was thrown from a speedboat and into the Thames while on a date.
She had been thrilled to take her first trip on a speedboat when she set off after a meal in The Shard skyscraper on Tuesday, her relatives said.
According to The Evening Standard, the 24-year-old business development consultant from Welling, south-east London, met her 29-year-old date online and the pair had been in contact for around a month, with Ms Brown “excited” see him in person, according to her family.
But the after-dinner boat ride turned to tragedy when they were thrown into the water. The coastguard was called after receiving reports of screams coming from the Thames near Wandsworth Bridge, south-west London, at around 11.45pm.
The pair were pulled from the water and rushed to hospital, but she later died.
Her sister said:
“Even the best swimmer in the Thames at his time of year, with the current conditions and the cold, I don’t see many people standing a chance without a life jacket.
“We don’t know exactly what happened. If she was wearing a life jacket there is a chance she could still be here today.”
