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Boy, 11, dies after Burnley canal pipe fall | Boy, 11, dies after Burnley canal pipe fall |
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An 11-year-old boy has died after falling into a canal in Lancashire. | An 11-year-old boy has died after falling into a canal in Lancashire. |
The boy had been crossing the Leeds-Liverpool canal on a pipe when he lost his balance near Lowerhouse Lane, Burnley at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday. | |
He was pulled from the water by a man who heard someone shout there was a child in the canal. He gave the boy CPR until firefighters arrived. | |
The youngster was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital after being treated by paramedics, but he died later. | |
'Get him out' | |
The death is not being treated as suspicious. | The death is not being treated as suspicious. |
Peter Graham said: "I just heard someone shout there was a child in the canal so I just come flying downstairs in my bare feet. | |
"[I] got him out as soon as possible." | |
Mr Graham had been cleaning a bedroom of his house, which overlooks the canal, when he heard the boy was in the water. | |
"I just jumped in. I didn't know what were in there, I didn't know how deep it were, I just wanted to get the lad out and that were my job. | |
"It was a little lad's life... you'll do it for anyone," he added. |