Lancashire Police received a report of concern for safety after a 12-year-old boy went into the River Ribble at Ribchester and got into difficulty while swimming with friends. Officers were called just after 2pm on Tuesday. A large-scale search began using Lancashire Police’s underwater search unit and support from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, with North-West Ambulance Service providing additional support. The body was recovered from the river just before 8pm. Police believe the recovered body is that of the missing boy. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
"Lancashire Police believe the body to be that of a 12-year-old boy who was missing after getting into difficulty while swimming with friends on Tuesday. Officers were called just after 2pm following a report of a concern for safety after a boy had gone into the River Ribble at Ribchester. After a large-scale search involving officers from Lancashire Police's underwater search unit and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, a body was recovered from the river just before 8pm."
"The death is not being treated as suspicious, police say. A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: At 2.06pm today, we received a report of a concern for safety after a boy had gone into the River Ribble at Ribchester. The boy, aged 12, had got into difficulty while swimming with friends in the river."
"A large-scale search involving officers from Lancashire Police's underwater search unit and colleagues from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service was launched, with colleagues from North-West Ambulance Service providing support. Officers were called just after 2pm following a report of a concern for safety after a boy had gone into the River Ribble at Ribchester."
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