Search for boy, two, who fell into the River Soar enters third day
Police were called to Aylestone Meadows, Leicestershire just after 5pm on Sunday and have been searching for the youngster ever since.
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Police were called to Aylestone Meadows, Leicestershire just after 5pm on Sunday and have been searching for the youngster ever since.
The boy was with his family when he fell into the river early on Sunday evening and his father tried to save him.
Leicestershire Police said specialist marine recovery dogs have now joined extensive searches including police divers and a drone unit.
Police searching the River Soar in Leicester for a missing two-year-old boy have recovered CCTV footage which they believe shows him falling into the water from a towpath.
Specialist dive teams continued to search overnight for a two-year-old boy who fell into the River Soar in Leicester. Police dogs were also on the scene on Tuesday (20 February). The child had been with family when he fell into the water in the Aylestone Meadows area, close to Marsden Lane, at around 5pm on Sunday 18 February. A man who was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure has been discharged, Leicestershire Police said. Assistant chief constable Michaela Kerr said police are doing everything they can to find the boy “as quickly as possible”.