Search for man continues after boat capsized in Surrey

A man in his 60s remains unaccounted for

Author: Grace McGachyPublished 15th Oct 2024

Surrey Police are asking people not to share footage of a rowing boat capsizing at Sunbury lock last week on social media.

Emergency services were called out to Sunbury Lock on Friday morning (11 October) and have been searching the area for several days.

A man in his 60s remains unaccounted for.

In a statement Surrey Police said:

"We understand that there is video footage of the incident in circulation on social media. We ask that you do not share this footage to minimise distress to the man’s family.

"If you do have any footage that captures any part of this incident, please send it to us for use in our investigation quoting PR/45240116388.

"We will share any further updates as and when we have them."

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