DANVILLE, Va. — An 11-year-old boy who was pulled from the Dan River in Virginia by rescue personnel has died, authorities said.
The Danville Fire Department responded to a call behind a car dealership shortly before 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, the Danville Register & Bee reported. Two children were playing behind the car dealership when one child turned around and saw that the other was gone, Battalion Chief Bill Smotherman said.
It’s not known if the children were swimming in the river or playing near it.
Within 10 minutes, the fire department had two rescue boats in the water searching for the boy, who Smotherman said was pulled from the river by fire department members and brought to the shore.
Rescue personnel performed CPR on the boy. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead., Smotherman said in a news release.
