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Three men died on Thursday after they tried to cross the River Esk in North Yorkshire.

Robert Forbes risked his own life to try and save his father Leslie and pals Scott Daddy and Patrick Hibbins after their Land Rover Discovery fatally fell into the River Esk near Glaisdale

Three men died on Thursday after they tried to cross the River Esk in North Yorkshire.

Three men who died after the 4x4 they were travelling in was swept away while they were trying to cross a North Yorkshire river have been named for the first time.

Scott Daddy, 28, Leslie Forbes, 70, and Patrick Hibbins, 59, tragically died after the 4x4 they were travelling in plunged into the River Esk in North Yorkshire

Scott Thomas Daddy, Leslie Forbes and Kenneth Patrick Hibbins were found dead after they crashed into the River Esk in the North York Moors near Glaisdale at 11.48am yesterday.

The trio were found dead inside their vehicle after it became submerged in the River Esk near Glaisdale.

The trio were found dead inside their vehicle after it became submerged in the River Esk near Glaisdale.

The trio were found dead inside their vehicle after it became submerged in the River Esk near Glaisdale.

The trio were found dead inside their vehicle after it became submerged in the River Esk near Glaisdale.