Port Talbot: Boy, 15, dies in hospital after beach rescue operation

A 15-year-old lad has died aft getting into trouble successful the h2o astatine a fashionable beach.

The Coastguard was called to an incidental astatine Aberavon pier successful Neath Port Talbot astatine 18:09 BST connected Monday.

The lad was recovered and taken to the Princess of Wales Hospital successful Bridgend, wherever helium aboriginal died, constabulary said.

St Joseph's Catholic School successful Port Talbot said it was "deeply saddened" by the "tragic and unexpected passing away" of 1 its Year 11 pupils.

Head teacher Eugene Scourfield said connected the school's Facebook leafage that enactment for pupils had been arranged.

"Our chapel is unfastened to pupils, parents and friends of our schoolhouse community. Please support the household successful your prayers," his connection said.

A chopper and Port Talbot RNLI lifeboat joined the rescue operation, arsenic good arsenic South Wales Police.

Ch Insp Richard Haines, said: "Shortly before 7.10pm, officers were called to a study of a lad successful the oversea astatine Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot.

"We attended with a fig of different exigency services.

"Despite the champion efforts of members of the nationalist and exigency services helium sadly passed away."

The ambulance work said: "We were called connected Monday, 19 June, to reports of a aesculapian exigency astatine Mariners Quay, Port Talbot.

"We sent 1 exigency ambulance, 2 accelerated effect vehicles, a work operations manager, and our crews were enactment by Wales Air Ambulance."

Leighton Hockin, who was astatine the formation connected Tuesday morning, said the incidental was "absolutely tragic".

"A young lad lone 15 years of property and conscionable doing what kids do, but I conjecture they conscionable don't spot the dangers," helium said.

"Nobody wants to spot this happen, erstwhile you've got children oregon grandchildren it conscionable truly brings it location and radical person to look retired for each other."