One of the dead was a 27-year-old man from Stroud . He died while working in a construction site. A trench he was working in collapsed, with his death being caused by the five tonnes of soil that buried him. He was pronounced dead on the scene. A seventeen year old was killed after the vehicle she was traveling in was overturned. She was traveling with two others, who are currently still alive. Inspector Robert Price of Dyfed-Powys Police described the incident. "A 4x4 overturned and came to rest in a river. Three people have been airlifted to Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, two of them suffering from hypothermia . One casualty tragically died following arrival at the hospital." The United Kingdom's government weather agency, the Met Office , yesterday put much of the UK on flood alert with severe weather warnings for the majority of England and Wales and much of Northern Ireland.
One of the dead was a 27-year-old man from . He died while working in a construction site. A trench he was working in collapsed, with his death being caused by the five tonnes of soil that buried him. He was pronounced dead on the scene. A seventeen year old was killed after the vehicle she was traveling in was overturned. She was traveling with two others, who are currently still alive. Inspector Robert Price of Dyfed-Powys Police described the incident. "A 4x4 overturned and came to rest in a river. Three people have been airlifted to Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, two of them suffering from . One casualty tragically died following arrival at the hospital." The United Kingdom's government weather agency, the , yesterday put much of the UK on flood alert with severe weather warnings for the majority of England and Wales and much of Northern Ireland.
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