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| Boy, 6, dies on Beaver Scout trip | |
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| A six-year-old boy on an organised trip with a Beaver Scout group died after being pulled from a river in Suffolk. | A six-year-old boy on an organised trip with a Beaver Scout group died after being pulled from a river in Suffolk. |
| The child, who lived locally, was found in the River Stour near Ballingdon Bridge in Sudbury on Tuesday evening. | The child, who lived locally, was found in the River Stour near Ballingdon Bridge in Sudbury on Tuesday evening. |
| A police spokeswoman said the boy was taken to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds but later died. His death is being treated as "unexplained". | A police spokeswoman said the boy was taken to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds but later died. His death is being treated as "unexplained". |
| She said: "Our sympathies are with the boy's family as police now investigate the exact circumstances of his death." | She said: "Our sympathies are with the boy's family as police now investigate the exact circumstances of his death." |
| The boy was on a trip with the 1st Acton and Waldingfield Scout Group. | |
| A spokeswoman for the East of England Ambulance Service said paramedics were called to reports of a drowning in Sudbury at 1922 BST. | A spokeswoman for the East of England Ambulance Service said paramedics were called to reports of a drowning in Sudbury at 1922 BST. |
| She said two ambulances attended the scene and found a boy who was not breathing. | She said two ambulances attended the scene and found a boy who was not breathing. |
| Police and a community first responder were already on the scene and the boy was taken to hospital. | Police and a community first responder were already on the scene and the boy was taken to hospital. |
| The police spokeswoman said a cordon around the area had been lifted and officers had offered support to the boy's family. | The police spokeswoman said a cordon around the area had been lifted and officers had offered support to the boy's family. |