Express & Star

Death of two-year-old boy in canal in Wolverhampton shocks residents

The tragic death of a boy who got into difficulty in a canal in Wolverhampton has shocked a community.

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The area around Hendon Avenue in Ettingshall near the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal had been full of police cars and ambulances on Sunday night after the boy was pulled from the water by police just after 6pm.

Despite the best efforts of police officers and paramedics at the scene, the boy died at the scene.

Residents of Ettingshall living near the canal spoke to the Express & Star this morning.

One woman, who asked not to be named, said she had returned from work to see police "everywhere".

The canal runs next to a new build housing estate, with a path leading from it down the canal