Overview
- Emergency services were alerted at about 6.50pm on Wednesday, July 29, after reports of a missing child in the village of Badsey near Evesham.
- Rescue crews located a young child unresponsive in a body of water and paramedics and officers attempted treatment before the child was pronounced dead at the scene.
- West Mercia Police have said there is no third-party involvement and will prepare a report for the coroner to open an inquest.
- West Midlands Ambulance Service dispatched one ambulance, two paramedic officers and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the incident and confirmed the patient was a young child.
- Authorities have asked the public to respect the grieving family and avoid online speculation, and news coverage has noted the case in the context of wider water-safety concerns and prevention campaigns.