Firefighter dies at Olympics site
A FIREFIGHTER has died while on a training exercise at an Olympics watersports venue.
Alan Soard, 38, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, was taken ill in the water at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday. Three ambulances and two air ambulances were called at about 11.30am, but attempts to resuscitate him failed.
Suffolk Fire Service said Mr Soard had been a firefighter for 11 years and had no history of medical issues. He was on a rescue training course with colleagues from Lowestoft and Norfolk.