A woman was on Saturday arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after a paddle boarding incident that occurred on a river in Wales, killing four people.
The suspect, who the Police said come from South Wales, has been released under investigation.
The arrest came as the Police confirmed the fourth death, 41-year-old Andrea Powers from Bridgend, was taken to hospital after the incident.
Morgan Rogers, 24, from Cefin Coed, Merthyr Tydfil, Nicola Wheatley, 40, from Pontardulais, Swansea and Paul O’Dwyer, 42, from Sandfields, Port Talbot also died.
A further five people were pulled out of the river Cleddau in Haverfordwest by emergency services but had no injuries.
They were part of a group of nine from the South Wales Paddle Boarders and Salty Dog Co, an organisation based in Port Talbot involved in the incident on Saturday during a weekend trip exploring the river.
“Following the incident on Cleddau River, Haverfordwest, a woman from the South Wales area, was also arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter as part of the investigation.
“She has been released under investigation.”
Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Sadly, we can also confirm that 41-year-old Andrea Powell from the Bridgend area, who was in hospital following the incident, also died.
“Our thoughts are with her family and all those involved in this tragic incident.”
One of those on the trip, Vickie Mckinven from Milford Haven, said O’Dwyer, a former soldier and father-of-three, died attempting to rescue two fellow paddle boarders who had got into difficulty near the weir.
The family of Rogers, a deputy store manager at a supermarket, paid tribute to their lost loved one, calling her “a beautiful, kind and loving soul’’.
Wheatley, who worked as a specialist in poisons information with the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS), was described by her family as “loving mother, daughter, daughter-in-law and wife”.
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