7-year-old boy dies after emergency services called to reports of child in water
A 7-year-old boy has died after being found in water close to March in Cambridgeshire.
Emergency service responders were called to Priory Golf and Activity Centre in March on Easter Monday (April 6) to reports of a child in the water.
Ambulance crews, the police and the Magpas Air Ambulance all responded and the boy was taken to Peterborough City Hospital. He sadly passed away at the hospital.
A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service said: “We were called just after 2pm to reports of a child in the water on March Road in Wimblington.
"We dispatched an ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle, rapid response vehicle and the Magpas Air Ambulance.
"The child was transported by road to Peterborough City Hospital for further treatment.
"We were later informed the child had sadly died. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the child's family and friends."
Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed that the death is not being treated as suspicious.
A spokesperson added: “We were called at about 2pm yesterday with reports of concern for a person at Priory Golf Centre, March.
“A seven-year-old boy was taken to hospital but sadly died a short time later. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been passed to the coroner.”