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Boy, three, dies in pond accident | Boy, three, dies in pond accident |
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A three-year-old boy was pronounced dead in hospital after being found face down in a neighbour's garden pond. | A three-year-old boy was pronounced dead in hospital after being found face down in a neighbour's garden pond. |
Freddie Watmough was found by police who were called after he disappeared from a house in Victoria Street in Dover on Saturday morning. | |
An officer carried out emergency first aid and Freddie was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, where he was pronounced dead. | |
A police spokesman said the boy's death was not being treated as suspicious. | A police spokesman said the boy's death was not being treated as suspicious. |
Edward Sedgwick, who lives in Victoria Street, said the boy's family had frantically searched the neighbourhood after he had gone missing. | Edward Sedgwick, who lives in Victoria Street, said the boy's family had frantically searched the neighbourhood after he had gone missing. |
"The next thing we knew was that he'd been found but he was hurt," he said. | "The next thing we knew was that he'd been found but he was hurt," he said. |
"A helicopter turned up shortly after that and we heard about an hour later that the child had died." | "A helicopter turned up shortly after that and we heard about an hour later that the child had died." |