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12/02/2018
Boy, Aged 5, Dies In River Fall In Co Antrim
A five-year-old boy has died in hospital after he fell into a river in Co Antrim.
The boy was pulled out of the Braid River in Ballymena on Saturday, 10 February, in a major multi-agency rescue operation.
He was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital and the PSNI confirmed he later died.
Sean McCarry, regional commander of the organisation, said: "Despite valiant efforts by rescuers from the PSNI, the Community Rescue Service and NIFRS, the child was carried a considerable distance downstream in the fast flowing river."
A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "The thoughts of all involved in the rescue are with the young boy and his family."
(CD)
The boy was pulled out of the Braid River in Ballymena on Saturday, 10 February, in a major multi-agency rescue operation.
He was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital and the PSNI confirmed he later died.
Sean McCarry, regional commander of the organisation, said: "Despite valiant efforts by rescuers from the PSNI, the Community Rescue Service and NIFRS, the child was carried a considerable distance downstream in the fast flowing river."
A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "The thoughts of all involved in the rescue are with the young boy and his family."
(CD)
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