Man dies after night in ‘camping pod’ at Cumbrian caravan park
A man has died and his wife is seriously ill after reportedly being poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes on a camping holiday in the Lake District.
The couple, Chris and Jane Bainbridge, in their mid-40s, were staying in a wooden ‘camping pod’ at the Quiet Site Caravan Park in Ullswater, Cumbria.
According to the Daily Mirror, they were overcome by fumes as they slept after bringing their barbecue inside the wooden pod.
The alarm was raised by neighbours when the couple failed to return to their home in Darlington, County Durham.
Police launched a search and the couple were discovered slumped inside the pod on Monday.
Paramedics were called but it was too late to save Mr Bainbridge. Mrs Bainbridge remains in hospital where she is in a serious condition.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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