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An 83-year-old woman who died after flooding hit her home was found 'floating in the water' by her son he has said.
Derbyshire Police have said a pensioner, named by family members as Maureen Gilbert, was found dead at about 10.35am on Saturday after officers – along with colleagues from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and from East Midlands Ambulance Service – arrived at her property.
Her son, Paul Gilbert has now spoken of his anguish. “I did not want to find my own mum and I expected somebody else to have found her" he told Sky News. “I go through so many different stages, anger, upset, I don’t know. I can’t put it into words what it means at the moment.
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“I came to the window behind you, forced it open and found my mum floating in the water.” Mr Gilbert had attempted to secure his mother’s house with pre-installed flood defences.
He also told Sky News: “I thought I had done enough with the flood defences, that are nearly four foot high, that she would be alright. Everybody on the street did as much as they could on the pretext that the water would come.”
Neighbours of the 83-year-old have told how 5ft of water engulfed the inside of their properties. Residents in Tapton Terrace, Chesterfield, said the flooding “within minutes” of the River Rother bursting its banks left them stranded, and awaiting rescue by the fire service using dinghies on Friday evening.
In a post on the GoFundMe fundraising page, the housebound pensioner’s daughter-in-law said her family “now only have memories as everything else is gone”.
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