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| A seven-year-old boy has died after he went missing near the River Dee in north Wales, police have said. | A seven-year-old boy has died after he went missing near the River Dee in north Wales, police have said. |
| A major search was launched after he disappeared at Connah's Quay in Deeside at shortly after 1500 BST on Sunday. | |
| The boy was found three hours later and taken to hospital but was pronounced dead, North Wales Police have confirmed. | |
| A coastguard official said the boy had gone missing while snorkelling in the river with his family. | |
| The RNLI, fire service, ambulance and north west regional underwater research team were all involved in the search. | The RNLI, fire service, ambulance and north west regional underwater research team were all involved in the search. |
| A Connah's Quay man described how he jumped into the river and dragged one boy to safety. | |
| Nicholas Brown said he was out for a walk with his wife when he saw some boys bobbing in the water and calling for help. | |
| He swam out and grabbed one boy, but was too exhausted to swim back out again. | |
| Mr Brown said he also saw a man also in the water, who he believed to be the boys' father, being rescued by another man. | |
| A third person, another child, was also rescued. | |
| But another boy went missing. He was found about four hours later, and pronounced dead in hospital. | |
| Mr Brown said "I could save one but not the other and that's the hard thing... I just didn't have the strength". | |
| He said it was "a waste of a young life. People have got be be warned about the river... it's just too treacherous." |