Boy, 10, who died after falling through icy lake was trying to save other children as six-year-old still fighting for life
A schoolboy who died after falling through ice into a lake was trying to save three other children, his heartbroken family have revealed.
West Midlands Police said nobody else had been reported missing. Emergency services were first called to the scene at 2.36pm on Sunday, where it was reported four children had been playing on the ice and fallen through into the lake. Jack’s aunt Charlotte McIlmurray posted online: "The 10-year-old boy is my nephew. He seen one go through the ice and he ran and tried to save them.
"It’s important to stress though that we’ve had no contact from anybody suggesting that there’s anybody else missing but until we’re 100% certain we will be carrying on searches throughout the course of today."
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