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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Martin Fricker & Lucy Thornton & Sophie Halle-Richards

Boy, 10, who died after falling through icy lake was trying to save other children as six-year-old still fighting for life

A schoolboy who died after falling through ice into a lake was trying to save three other children, his heartbroken family have revealed.

Three boys, aged eight, 10 and 11, tragically died after they fell through the ice into a lake in a park near Solihull in the West Midlands on Sunday. A six-year-old boy remains in hospital fighting for his life.

Jack Johnson, 10, paid the ultimate price for his heroic actions after he dived into the freezing lake after hearing the screams of three struggling children, the Mirror reports.

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