Pete Doherty cheated death on Saturday when he narrowly escaped being thrown into a freezing lake.

The singer and 5 pals took a rowing boat to a VIP area at Scotland’s Live At Loch Lomond festival.

But it sprang a leak and started to fill with water.

Fortunately 29-year-old Pete, who performed at the gig with split trousers, was towed to safety.

‘We lost an oar and sprang a leak,’ his manager Adrian Hunter tells The Sun. ‘It was freezing and we had a laugh, but it wouldn't have been funny if someone died.’


SEE PICS Pete Doherty performing with split trousers here>>