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Cumbria officer dies in floods
Friday, November 20, 2009
Further Info: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8371233.stm
The wife of a policeman who died when a bridge collapsed in floods in Cumbria has said she is comforted by knowing he was trying to help others.
Pc Bill Barker, 44, fell into the River Derwent when the A597 bridge was destroyed by floods in Workington.
The father-of-four was directing motorists off the bridge when the force of floodwater caused the collapse.
