After Richard Hillman failed to kill his family by way of the exhaust emissions from his car parked in the garage of 8 Coronation Street, he headed to the canal and the vehicle plunged in during a pursuit by Tommy Harris, Kevin Webster and Martin Platt. Richard drowned in the canal while his wife Gail, her children Sarah and David and granddaughter Bethany were rescued. Gail returned to the canal later that evening to identify Richard's body, before throwing her wedding ring into the water.