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Body of teenage boy pulled from river after he ‘entered water with friends’

COPS have pulled the body of a teenage boy from a river after he “entered the water with friends”.

Police scrambled to Beccles Quay, off Fen Lane, in Suffolk, just before 7:30pm today after concerns for the safety of a teenager.

The boy had entered the River Waveney with friends but had not resurfaced, said cops.

A massive multi-agency search was launched to try and locate the teen.

But the body of a teenage boy was sadly located and recovered from the water.

Suffolk Fire & Rescue, East of England Ambulance Service, air ambulance crew and HM Coastguard all accompanied cops.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file with be prepared for the coroner in due course.

The boy’s next of kin have been notified.

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