Boy, 15, who died in River Eden named by police

A teenage lad who died successful a stream has been named by police.

Rescue teams recovered 15-year-old Lewis Michael Kirkpatrick successful the River Eden, Carlisle, soon aft 13:30 BST connected Saturday.

Cumbria Police's hunt cognition began aft receiving reports that 4 teenagers had got into trouble portion successful the water.

A 14-year-old lad was airlifted to infirmary and remains successful a captious condition.

One of the boys managed to aquatics to information and different was saved by a subordinate of the public.

They had to beryllium checked implicit by medics but were unhurt.

People successful the Rosehill area, adjacent to wherever the boy's assemblage was found, described the quality connected Saturday arsenic "shocking" and "a tragedy".

Local occurrence and rescue services person issued a informing implicit the dangers of swimming successful unfastened water.

Cumberland Council's lawman person Lisa Brown said "my bosom goes retired to the families involved".

"It's specified a tragic incident. I've got children myself and you don't ideate thing similar this happening.

"The assembly volition beryllium determination wherever it's needed successful the adjacent stages to enactment retired what happened and what we tin bash to get the connection retired that swimming tin beryllium dangerous.

"We request to bash much to forestall this from ever happening again."