- An 11-year-old girl tragically died after an incident in the water at Wacker Quay on the River Lynher near Torpoint on Saturday.
- 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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