Girl, 11, dies after being pulled from water in Cornwall
Emergency services, including police, HM Coastguard, and paramedics, were called to the scene around 6pm following concerns for a person in the water.
The girl, from South Devon, was recovered and given emergency treatment but was sadly confirmed dead at the scene.
Her next of kin have been informed, and the death is not being treated as suspicious, with a file to be prepared for the coroner.
This incident marks the second child water tragedy of the weekend, following the discovery of a 12-year-old boy's body in the River Swale in Yorkshire on Saturday evening.
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