![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-brother-drowned-in-a-canal-at-43/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_Top-pic-Template-copy-Recovered-copy.jpg&description=Tony Dodd has warned people about open water after his brother Wayne drowned in Ashton Canal, Greater Manchester, in 2011 aged 43 after falling in while walking home from a night at the pub A man whose brother drowned in a canal on a night out said it's not just teenagers who need to be warned about the dangers of open water. Tony Dodd's younger brother Wayne was walking home along Ashton Canal in Greater Manchester on August 26, 2011 after drinking at a pub when it's believed he tripped and fell in. His body was found the following morning by a passing barge. Wayne was 43 at the time of his death. It was a regular route for him, he'd been walking along the towpath since he was around 10 - and he also swam in the canal during hot weather. Tony said the tragedy still devastates his family 12 years on - and he is reminded of his brother's passing every summer when he sees similar water deaths in the news - often involving youths. At least 15 people - mostly teens - have died in open water this summer already. Tony, 61, who works as a security steward at AO Arena in Manchester, lives in Hattersley, not far from Broadbottom, Tameside, where 15-year-old Abbie Walton died in the River Etherow following a duck race last month. He told the Mirror: "You try to get used to it, but when you read something like what happened to that girl [Abbie Walton], it brings it all back." Referring more generally to open water accidents, he said: "I'm always commenting on Facebook saying 'don't go near open water'. Especially if alcohol's involved. It doesn't matter what age you are. "Just because it's hot, you don't know what it can do to your body, you can get into real trouble. Whether you mean to go in or not. "You just wish people wouldn't do it, don't go for a swim. But they don't seem to listen." Tony said he remembers friends diving off piers when he was a teenager but he never did because he can't swim. And years later a friend's son died after getting cold water shock while swimm){kind=link}
Tony Dodd has warned people about open water after his brother Wayne drowned in Ashton Canal, Greater Manchester, in 2011 aged 43 after falling in while walking home from a night at the pub
A man whose brother drowned in a canal on a night out said it’s not just teenagers who need to be warned about the dangers of open water.
Tony Dodd’s younger brother Wayne was walking home along Ashton Canal in Greater Manchester on August 26, 2011 after drinking at a pub when it’s believed he tripped and fell in.
His body was found the following morning by a passing barge. Wayne was 43 at the time of his death.
It was a regular route for him, he’d been walking along the towpath since he was around 10 – and he also swam in the canal during hot weather.