Shadrack Appiah died while in the water with friends in the River Kennet near Waterloo Meadows, Reading at a section of the waterway where the depth was deceptively shallow, an inquest heard.
A 10-year-old boy drowned in a river despite the efforts of his best friend who dived 10 times to save him, an inquest heard.
Firefighters arrived on the scene within 20 minutes, but Shadrack sadly died at 3.25pm after being rushed to Royal Berkshire Hospital. After Shadrack's best friend, whose name was not disclosed, jumped in 10 times in a bid to rescue him, the mother of one of his friends dived in to the water twice in an unsuccessful attempt to save the boy.
Shadrack's uncle, Dr Stephen Appiah, said that his family were shocked at the circumstances around his death, given he 'would never enter a pool'.
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