Mother-of-two, Amanda Chappell, did after falling from a canal boat whilst on holidays with her family.

The woman fell in to the water whilst trying to negotiate a lock on the Oxford Canal, and is believed to have struck her head.

The woman, a teaching assistant from Totnes, Devon, was pronounced dead at the scene by ambulance officers.

The family hired a boat from a firm in Rugby, Warwickshire, and are believed to have been heading towards Stockton, when the accident happened at roughly 5:30pm on Thursday.

Police are not treating the death as suspicious and the canal has been closed while investigations were undertaken.

“The woman was steering the boat while two of the family – the husband and one of the children – were working the lock gates,” said Inspector Helen Robertson.

“For some reason the boat bumped or nudged the side wall or gates of the lock and the lady has lost her balance and fallen into the water.” Inspector Robinson added.

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