West Yorkshire Police have issues an update on the search for a missing 13-year-old after a huge emergency services presence was seen at Leadbeater Dam near Halifax, West Yorkshire
Police have issued a tragic update in the search for a missing 13-year-old boy after reports of an individual getting “in difficulty in the water” at a dam in West Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were on the scene at Leadbeater Dam near to Halifax yesterday (May 25), along with West Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
However, West Yorkshire Police have since given a heartbreaking update this morning (May 26), confirming the boy, 13, had sadly died after being pulled from the water.
The boy was taken to hospital to hospital but was sadly pronounced dead after arriving. Police are continuing to investigate but don’t believe there are “any suspicious circumstances” surrounding the incident.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “At 3.18pm yesterday (25 May) police were called to Leadbeater Dam on Lumb Lamb, Halifax to reports a teenage boy was in difficulty in the water.
“The body of a 13-year-old boy was pulled from the water. He was taken to hospital and was sadly pronounced dead. Enquiries are ongoing by Calderdale CID, however there aren’t believed to be any suspicious circumstances.”
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