Lost six-year-old boy dies after being pulled from creek
Posted March 6, 2014 4:43 pm.
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NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A six-year-old boy pulled from the swollen waters of a North Vancouver creek has died.
Mounties received a call Thursday afternoon about the lost boy and police and neighbours immediately began searching a wooded area around Taylor Creek.
The boy was found minutes later and pulled from the creek but was unresponsive.
RCMP Corporal Richard De Jong says the boy was airlifted hospital in Vancouver. “They conducted CPR on the boy until he was airlifted the BC Children’s Hospital. Unfortunately, in spite of all the emergency efforts, the boy has died.”
Police say the creek was very swollen and running fast from recent heavy rainfall.
North Vancouver police say they’ll continue looking into the death, and the BC Coroners’ Service is expected to take over the investigation.
