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Alahna Kindred & Gemma Ryder

Tragedy as teenager, 14, dies while swimming in canal with friends

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.

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