A young girl died after falling into a canal in Islington (Picture: Google)
A missing five-year-old girl who vanished from her flat in London has died after falling into a canal in Islington.
The young girl was found in a nearby canal just ten minutes after she was reported missing, with both officers and members of the public intervening to save her.
She was pulled from the water and was given CPR before being transferred to hospital. But doctors were unable to save her and she passed away at around 7pm the same day, the Met Police confirmed.
A statement read: ‘At 4.13pm on Saturday, 17 February we received a report that a five-year-old girl was missing from her home in Wharf Road, N1. Officers responded and carried out a search of the area. At 4.24pm the girl was found in a nearby canal.
‘Officers and members of the public rescued her from the water and officers carried out CPR. Paramedics were called and the girl was taken to hospital where she sadly died at around 7pm that evening.
‘Her family have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. Our enquiries are ongoing, however the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious.’
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