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A teenage boy has died after being pulled from a canal in Exeter.
Emergency services were called at around 4.35pm on the bank holiday Monday after a 13-year-old boy failed to surface after jumping into the canal at Clapperbrook Lane East.
The boy was pulled from the water, reportedly near Salmonpool Swingbridge over the Exeter Ship Canal, where he received first aid. He was then taken to hospital in a serious condition, where he died.
Devon and Cornwall Police’s acting superintendent Chris Conway said: “This is an awful and tragic incident, and we offer our condolences to the family who are being supported by specialist officers.
“We would ask that the privacy of the family is respected as they come to terms with their devastating loss.”
His death is not being treated as suspicious and his next of kin have been informed. A file will be prepared for HM Coroner.
The Ship Canal leads from - and beside - the River Exe to Exeter Quay. Constructed in the 1560s, it is one of the oldest artificial waterways in the UK.
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