Police are investigating the death of six-year-old Imie Harrison who fell into a canal yesterday evening. The girl was one of two children who fell into the water in Springfield Park, Kidderminster.
The results of a port-mortem examination are expected today after a six-year-old girl died from falling into a canal in Kidderminster on Tuesday night.
Imie Harrison was with her twin brother and two friends when two of them fell in. Police confirmed Imie was in cardiac arrest when she was pulled from the water.
She has been described by her school as a 'much loved and talented girl.'
Imie's headteacher at St John's CE Primary School Lawrence Gittins has paid tribute to a "much loved and talented girl."
– Lawrence Gittins, headteacher at St John's CE Primary SchoolOur whole school community is deeply saddened and shocked at the tragic death last night of one of our pupils, Imie Harrison.
She was a much loved and talented girl and we will miss her very much.
At this time our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Imie and all of the pupils and staff who knew her at school.
Our focus now is to help the family, friends and our whole community through this difficult time.
We would appreciate you respecting our privacy to give us the space to enable us to do this.
Imie Harrison, 6, fell into a canal yesterday afternoon at Wolverley Court Lock in Kidderminster.
Two children, a boy and a girl, managed to get themselves out of the water and are expected to make a full recovery.
Supt Kevin Purcell, of West Mercia Police has said four children were playing near the lock, but two fell in and another then went to try and get them out, while the fourth ran home to raise the alarm.
This video shows the canal where three children entered the water. Police say they are 'working hard to establish exactly how Imie came to be in the water'.
Supt Purcell said West Mercia Police would be working with the council to support children from Imie Harrison's school in Kidderminster, after the six-year-old died following a fall into a canal on Tuesday.
West Mercia Police say a member of the public helped officers to rescue a six-year-old girl from a canal in Kidderminster who fell in with two other children.
The young girl who was named earlier as Imie Harrison died shortly after being taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The two other children managed to escape the water and are expected to make a full recovery after being treated for hypothermia, but it is believed Imie was in the canal 'for sometime'.
Imie's twin brother was playing with the three children by the lock and ran to raise the alarm when the children fell in.
Police say it was the twin brother of Imie Harrison, the six-year-old girl who died after falling into a canal, who raised the alarm.
Imie and two other six-year-old children were playing near Wolverley Court Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in Kidderminster when they fell in.
Two children, a boy and a girl, managed to get themselves out of the water and are expected to make a full recovery.
West Mercia Police say the children were playing by the lock when they fell in.
Supt Kevin Purcell, of West Mercia Police said:
This appears to be an extremely tragic accident at this stage and our thoughts are with Imie’s family, who are absolutely devastated by her death. I would ask that their privacy is respected at this time.
“Our investigation into this incident is continuing today and we are working hard to establish exactly how Imie came to be in the water.
West Mercia Police are saying the death of Imie Harrison who died after falling into a Kidderminster canal 'appears to be an extremely tragic accident'
Police say it appears two of the three children managed to get themselves out of the water but Imie was in the water for some time before being rescued.
The six-year-old girl who died after falling into a canal in Kidderminster yesterday has been named by police as Imie Harrison.
The six-year-old girl who died after falling into a Kidderminster canal was in cardiac arrest when she was recovered from the water.
West Midlands Ambulance Service say resuscitation was administered immediately before she was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital, she died a short while later.
It happened near Springfield Park around 6.20pm on Tuesday as three children fell into the water.
Two other children managed to escape and were treated for hypothermia before being taken to Worcester Hospital, they are expected to make a full recovery.
Police have cordoned off part of a canal in Kidderminster following the death of a six-year-old girl who fell into the water on Tuesday.
Three children in total fell into the canal, near Springfield Park, shortly before 6.20pm. Two managed to climb out and are expected to make a full recovery.
The girl however, is said to have been in the water for a longer period of time and died while being taken to hospital.
Police say the family of the girl are 'absolutely devastated' at their loss and out of respect for the family 'will not be confirming her identity at this early stage'.
Police continue the investigation into how the children came to be in the water.