A teenage boy who died while swimming in a pond in Kent became the 10th person to die in water-related incidents across the UK during a period of record-breaking May temperatures, police said on Thursday.
Kent Police said officers were called on Wednesday afternoon to reports of concern for a swimmer in a pond near Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe, where the boy’s body was later recovered. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
The latest fatality follows a series of incidents involving children and teenagers in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters across England and Wales in recent days.
Among the victims was 12-year-old Junior Slater, who died while swimming in Lancashire’s River Ribble, and 15-year-old Declan Sawyer, whose body was recovered from Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln.
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