Emergency services respond after a 15-year-old boy gets into difficulty in the water at Clifton Country Park, a beauty spot in the Greater Manchester area near Swinton/Salford. Multiple outlets report that the incident occurs on a Saturday afternoon during a period of unusually hot weather. Police carry out a large search operation at the park, with coverage describing efforts in the surrounding area and river. Several reports state that the boy’s body is later recovered from the water, following initial reports of him entering the water and needing help. One outlet specifies the timing as two days after the trouble began, while others describe the recovery as being made shortly after the alarm and search activities. Another report also notes police issuing or reinforcing a hot-weather warning. The articles agree on the location and the age of the victim, but differ on exact timing details. The reports do not provide further information about the cause of death or whether an investigation has been formally opened.
Body of 15-year-old boy recovered from water at Clifton Country Park
Emergency services respond after a 15-year-old boy gets into difficulty in the water at Clifton Country Park, a beauty spot in the Greater Manchester area near Swinton/Salford. Multiple outlets report...
- A 15-year-old boy is reported to get into difficulty in the water at Clifton Country Park in Greater Manchester (near Swinton/Salford).
- Emergency services and police carry out a major search operation at the park.
- The boy’s body is later recovered from the water at Clifton Country Park.
- The incident occurs during a heatwave/record hot weather period.
- Police issue or reference hot-weather warnings in connection with the incident.
The body of a 15-year-old boy has been pulled from the water at Clifton Country Park
1 month agoThe discovery of the 15-year-old's body was made today, two days after the teenager got into trouble in the River Irwell at Clifton Country Park in Swinton, Greater Manchester, on Saturday afternoon.
1 month agoEmergency services were called to Clifton Country Park in Swinton, Greater Manchester on Saturday afternoon following reports of a teenager in difficulty in the water
1 month agoEmergency services were called to Clifton Country Park in the north of Manchester on Saturday afternoon to reports of a 15-year-old getting into difficulty in the water
1 month agoA huge police search operation was carried out in the Salford beauty spot
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