Rother Valley Country Park: Second teenager dies after being pulled from water on Bank Holiday Monday
A second teenager has died on Bank Holiday Monday after being pulled from water in Yorkshire, police said.
Officers were called to Rother Valley Country Park in South Yorkshire at 6.50pm following reports that a teenage boy had entered the water but had not been seen getting out.
Officers, alongside emergency crews from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, responded and a specialist search operation was launched.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a body was recovered from the water.
Whilst formal identification is yet to take place, the boy's family has been informed and is being supported by officers.
The incident follows the death of a boy at a dam in West Yorkshire.
At 3.18pm on Monday May 25, 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, West Yorkshire Police said.
He was taken to hospital and was pronounced dead.