Police are currently treating the death as a tragic accident, but continue to undertake inquiries on behalf of the coroner.
A five-year-old child has died in a “tragic accident” after falling from a harbour wall in Cornwall, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
Emergency services were called at around 11:45am on Saturday following reports of a child having fallen from the harbour wall in Padstow. The child, who is a local boy, was taken to Treliske Hospital by Air Ambulance and later transferred to Bristol Hospital for treatment, where he died with his parents present.
A child has died following an incident in Padstow yesterday, Saturday 24 June. Currently, police are treating this death as a tragic accident. Our thoughts are with family and loved ones of the child during this difficult time.
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