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Two pentioners have been found dead in the water just half a mile away from a ferry crash at Poole Harbour today.

The elderly pair, both in their eighties, are thought to have been poisoned by the toxic chemical Lindane which has leaked as a result of the collision, and it is now causing major environmental fears.

The poisonous chemical, which has spread across most of Poole Harbour, has resulted in an exclusion zone between Sandbanks and Hengusbury Head, where access is strictly banned.

Over 70 people have been taken to hospital in fear of contamination, including the panic stricken people that leaped from the Sandbanks Ferry to what they thought was safety.

A vast amount of sealife has also died, and what was described as an ‘extremely dangerous poison’ by an environmental specialist, has caused mass panic at the site of the ferry collision this morning, killing everything it has come into contact with.

Torben Lee, the Pollution Consultant for the Environmental Agency, said that the leak has caused ‘widespread ecological concern’, resulting in chemical boons - inflatable devices to slow down the spread of the chemical have been set up in the water.

All coastguard crews have been administered in protective clothing, and access to the area has been prohibited in fear of any more fatalities.

A spokesman for the coastguard said that everyone on board the two ships have now reached safety, but the trauma continues as emergency crews try and deal with the vast amount of people needing treatment.

It has been advised that no one should fish in the water for at least 3 weeks, and anything that is caught should strictly not be kept in case of further contamination.

Nick Gosley, Chief Loader for the Sandbanks Ferry, said that the crash was ‘pretty nasty’, and the roll-on roll-off cargo ferry, named the ‘El Taurus’ was on its first voyage today and has been sinking all morning.

The disaster happened as one of the major chains snapped on the Sandbanks Ferry, making it unable to avoid hitting the smaller roll-on roll-off ferry from Poole.