A 10-year-old lad drowned successful a stream contempt the efforts of his champion person who dived 10 times to prevention him, an inquest heard.
Shadrack Appiah died portion successful the h2o with friends successful the River Kennet adjacent Waterloo Meadows, Reading.
Reading Coroner's Court heard that Shadrack cried retired for assistance aft getting successful the h2o astatine astir 1.45pm connected August 21 past year.
Firefighters arrived connected the country wrong 20 minutes, but Shadrack sadly died astatine 3.25pm aft being rushed to Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Shadrack was acrophobic of h2o and was incapable to swim, contempt having had 10 lessons astatine school, the inquest was told.
But the stream crook wherever helium drowned is known to look deceptively shallow capable to beryllium walked through, firefighters said.
After Shadrack's champion friend, whose sanction was not disclosed, jumped successful 10 times successful a bid to rescue him, the parent of 1 of his friends dived successful to the h2o doubly successful an unsuccessful effort to prevention the boy.
Shadrack Appiah died aft being pulled retired of a stream adjacent Reading, contempt the efforts of his champion person who dived successful 10 times successful a bid to prevention him
An inquest heard that determination were nary signs informing of the h2o extent of the River Kennet adjacent Waterloo Meadows
Shadrack's uncle, Dr Stephen Appiah, said that his household were shocked astatine the circumstances astir his death, fixed helium 'would ne'er participate a pool'.
'It particularly amazed the household that helium died successful water, the precise happening helium was truthful frightened of', helium said.
The inquest heard determination were nary signs informing of heavy h2o astatine the portion of the stream wherever the boys were playing, Reading Chronicle reported, contempt it antecedently being recommended successful a reappraisal by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
As a effect of the incident, Reading Borough Council has installed informing signs astatine the stream adjacent Waterloo Meadows, its assistant manager of biology services, Christopher Wheeler confirmed.
Coroner Hannah Godfrey said she was 'likely' to find that Shadrack had died arsenic a effect of drowning successful an lawsuit of misadventure oregon accident.
The inquest was owed to reason past Friday.
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