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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

Teenage boy found dead in water at quarry

A 16-year-old boy died after entering the water at a quarry.

Lancashire Police and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service were called by the Ambulance Service at around 9.40pm on Saturday (July 9) to a report that a boy had got into difficulty in the water at Dawber Delph in Appley Bridge, West Lancashire. Following a search, the body of a 16-year-old boy was recovered from the water.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.

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