Leaked poison causes fatalities

Leaked poison causes fatalities.

Two pensioners have been discovered dead after jumping from a ferry into toxic waters following a collision at Poole Harbour.

The elderly couple jumped off the roll on, roll off ferry after a large cargo ship, the L Taurus, collided with one another at 9.10am.

Torben Lee, a pollution consultant from the Environmental Agency, said: “There has been a spillage of Lindane, a poisonous liquid, from a truck aboard the L Taurus which has leaked into the sea.”

There are said to be at least a dozen people in the sea where the poison has leaked.

Chemical boons have been put in place to try and contain the spillage – which has already killed a large amount of sea life.

Bridget Verdon said: “Some people jumped off the Sandbanks ferry into the water” Mrs Verdon, the owner of Torbay Seaways also said; “I hope everyone on board and in the water will be picked up safely.”

Mr Verdon has said that his company will lose a lot of business because of the incident, partially due to the cargo lost from the collision.

Some people are said to be still on board the vessels and every attempt to rescue them is being took – many of these people are thought to have cuts and bruises.

Reports have arisen that the L Taurus cargo ferry was on its way to Cherbourg when it went into the side of the roll on, roll off ferry.

Nick Gosney, chief loader for the Sandbanks ferry, 72, said; “The Sandbanks ferry has had its chain snapped, so it can’t be moved” Mr Gosney also said; “Around 30 people were on the Sandbanks ferry at the time.”

Police and coastguards helicopters were on the scene to evaluate the damage of the collision and rescued those stranded in the poisoned sea and on the vessels.