Horror as two men die and two women suffer burns trying to cross Channel

The men who died were aged in their 30s and 40s, authorities said.Two men have died and two women have been injured in an attempt to cross the English Channel in a small boat. One in his 30s and one in his 40s died after leaving the coast at Berck overnight, French authorities confirmed, and the women were taken to hospital after suffering burns over a large part of their bodies.