04/06/10….Wheatley man drowns in Oxford stream

A man whose body was recovered from a popular Oxford swimming place, has been named. He was Daniel Lewis, aged 29, from Wheatley.

He apparently went swimming in Bullstake Stream, near West Oxford Community Centre in Botley Road, on Wednesday, 02/06/10, at a stretch of the stream known as Tumbling Bay which feeds into the River Isis.

Police and firefighters were called at about 16.15 pm when companions noticed that he did not surface. His body was recovered about two hours later.

The police are treating the death as unexplained. Mr Lewis’s next of kin have been informed.

PHOTO: Popular Oxford swimming place, Tumbling Bay, Courtesy of www.panoramino.com