Police were called to a report regarding the safety of a youth at 2.11pm today on the Aire and Calder Navigation near the Southern Washlands.
Emergency services arrived and after searching the water pulled out a man’s body.
Formal identification has not yet been completed but it is believed to be the teenager from the Wakefield area.
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Entrance to the South Washlands.
His family has been notified and is receiving support.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
There is no word on the boy or his address at this time, but Water Search and Rescue has recovered his body.
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