BREAKING: An inquest hearing has been told four little boys drowned after falling through the ice of a frozen lake where they were ‘playing’.
Four young boys drowned after falling ice on a frozen lake where they were ‘playing’, an inquest hearing has been told today.
Senior Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull Louise Hunt described the circumstances as a ‘devastating tragedy’, as she opened and adjourned the four inquests. ‘Further calls were received from other members of the public, also reporting children had fallen in to the water, but with some variance as to the number of children involved.
‘Emergency CPR was performed on the children at the scene and they were taken to local hospitals where they received further treatment,’ he said, adding the boys were at this stage identified.
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