A BRIT teen has tragically drowned after falling from a boat and vanishing under the water in Amsterdam while he was sailing with pals.
The boy, 14, was pulled from the Buiten-IJ water on Sunday afternoon when emergency services rushed to the scene.
A British teen has tragically drowned in AmsterdamHe fell from a boat in the IJ, a body of water north of the cityThe IJ is known as Amsterdam’s waterfront
Rescuers found the boy just under an hour from when he was first reported missing about 3:30pm.
Three fire brigade diving teams were called to the scene in a desperate search, with police and the Coast Guard also rushing to locate him while helicopters hovered above.
He was taken to hospital but couldn’t be saved.
Cops are not treating the death as suspicious.
The identity of the boy at this stage remains unclear.
The IJ is a body of water just north of the city, known for being Amsterdam’s waterfront.
It was a double-tragedy in the Dutch waters on Sunday, with a two-year-old girl also dying after falling into a lake in Heerhugowaard, NL Times reported.
The death of the Brit teen comes only days after an 18-year-old from Bristol collapsed on a plane.
Ray Williams fell seriously ill with an infection during a trip to Thailand to train mixed martial arts.
He was suffering from a staph infection, common in combat sport due to skin-to-skin contact.
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As Ray made his way back home to Bristol his condition rapidly declined and he collapsed on a layover flight in Malaysia.
He was admitted into intensive care and put into an induced coma, and days later was pronounced dead, passing away on Wednesday.
The country lost another teen earlier in the summer when Jay Slater went missing in Tenerife.
Jay, 19, got lost attempting a mammoth walk back to his accommodation from an Airbnb.
His body was found in a treacherous ravine nearly a month later.
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Publish date : 2024-07-30 06:37:26
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