Young boy discovered in pond dies

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A young boy has died after being found in a pond in North Lincolnshire, police have said.

Police received a report at 1040 BST that the boy, aged under five, had gone missing from the Barrow Haven area.

When Humberside Police officers attended the boy had been found by a member of the public in a nearby pond.

He was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary where he was pronounced dead a short time later. A police spokesman said it was not being treated as suspicious.

Police said they could not give an exact age for the boy, but that he was under five.

A spokesman added that a file was being prepared for the coroner.