Boy, 8, dies after ‘falling into river’ and drowning as cops issue statement on ‘devastating’ tragedy

AN eight-year-old boy has died after he was pulled from a Warwickshire river.

Joshua Hillstead, from Maypole, Birmingham, was pronounced dead following complications resulting from drowning after being pulled from the River Arrow in Alcester.

On the evening of July 22 at around 9:30pm, Warwickshire Police were called to a report of a young child who had fallen into the river behind Kingfisher Way in Alcester.