A man has died this afternoon swimming in Windermere as part of the Great North Swim.
Police were alerted at 4.40pm to a man who was taken by air ambulance to the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, as a result of a medical emergency.
The 52-year-old from Wellington was dead on arrival. Police say that his death is not being treated as suspicious and his family is being supported. The coroner has been informed.
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