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Teenagers who died in River Wear car plunge drowned, inquest hears
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Manchester Evening News and Chronicle Live are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Teenagers who died in River Wear car plunge drowned, inquest hears”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Jackson Duke, 17, died along with Luke Etheridge and Zara Shaw, both 16, when an Audi A3 plunged into the River Wear in Sunderland last month
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Chronicle Live
Teenager likely to have drowned in River Wear after car plunged into water, inquest hears
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Teenagers drowned in River Wear after car plunged into water, inquest hears
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
Teenagers who died in River Wear car plunge drowned, inquest hears
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Manchester Evening NewsTeenagers who died in River Wear car plunge drowned, inquest hears
- Chronicle LiveTeenagers drowned in River Wear after car plunged into water, inquest hears