Amy Stubbs – Monday 12th August 2024 – 8.45am
A child has died after an incident in Wolverhampton yesterday evening.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 6.01pm to a canal off Hendon Avenue in Ettingshall and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer, a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic to the scene.
The first resource, an ambulance, arrived in three minutes.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman says: “On arrival, crews found a boy, who had been pulled from the water by police colleagues, in a critical condition.
“He was receiving basic life support by officers and ambulance staff immediately took over to administer advanced life support.
“Sadly, despite everyone’s best efforts, the child could not be saved and he was confirmed dead at the scene.”
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