The grieving father of a teenager who died in a lake in Cheshire has warned young people about the dangers of open water swimming as Britain braces for its ‘hottest ever day’.
David-Junior Tita, 17, from Crewe, died at Pickmere Lake near Knutsford after entering the water with friends during record-breaking temperatures at the end of last month.
He was reported missing before his body was found at around 5pm on Tuesday, May 26.
The news came as a huge shock to his father, who had been watching the news on television and listening to a report about a teenager dying in water
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