A teenage boy has died after drowning while swimming with friends in a canal over the Easter weekend.
The 14-year-old boy was swimming before he disappeared from view in the Stourton area of Leeds on Saturday afternoon, the Mirror reports.
His friends alerted the emergency services and his body was found an hour and a half later. He was pulled from the water but he was tragically pronounced dead a short time later, officers said.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "At 4.32pm yesterday (Saturday), police received a concern for safety report for a male in the canal by Thwaite Lane, Leeds. Emergency services attended and recovered a teenage male from the water.
"He received medical attention at the scene, but was sadly pronounced deceased a short time later. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been prepared for the coroner."
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