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Teenage boy rescued off NI coast Boy dies after dingy sea accident
(about 3 hours later)
A teenage boy who was missing off the Northern Ireland coast has been airlifted to hospital. A teenage boy has died after he and a friend got into trouble in a dingy off the County Londonderry coast.
The 15-year-old disappeared off the County Londonderry coast on Tuesday afternoon. His condition is serious. The 15-year-old was airlifted to hospital, but died later.
He was dragged from the water and attempts were made to resuscitate him. One other person managed to swim to safety. He was dragged from the water and attempts were made to resuscitate him. His friend managed to swim to safety after their dingy capsized.
Two helicopters and lifeboats had been searching the area around Castlerock, near Portstewart. Brett Cunningham of the Coastguard said two helicopters and lifeboats had been involved in the search off Castlerock.
The teenager, who was with a friend at the time, got into trouble at about 1500 BST. "The PSNI helicopter located the boy in the water and guided the Irish Coastguard and Greencastle boats over to pick him up," he said.
The 15-year-old was rescued by the Irish Coastguard. "He was then lifted from the Coastguard boat into the Irish Coastguard helicopter."
The incident happened at about 1500 BST on Tuesday.