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<p>A driver has died after a 27-ton crane toppled into a freezing river.</p>
<p>Rescuers tried to reach the driver trapped in the submerged cab following the accident at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, on Wednesday lunchtime.</p>
<p>But he was declared dead at around 1pm, about three hours after the crane, which had been dredging the river, fell.</p>
<p>Police and health and safety inspectors are investigating.</p>
<p>Police said firefighters led rescue attempts.</p>
<p>Julian Fountain, incident commander for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: &#8220;All agencies have worked extremely closely together to make every effort to fully release the man from the water as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>&#8220;However, due to the location of the crane, the freezing weather conditions and the fact that the man was trapped, this could not happen in time.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is an extremely tragic incident. Our thoughts go out to the man&#8217;s family.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said crews from nearby stations in Chatteris, Ely, and Huntingdon were called to the scene and firefighters used an inflatable boat to reach the submerged crane.</p>
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