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River Tyne: Police searching for missing boy, 13, at Ovingham find body
Date of alert:
Sunday, 17 July 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Northumbria Police
Officers searching for a missing teenager in the River Tyne Ovingham, Northumberland have found a body, it has been confirmed.
Shortly before 4.15pm yesterday (Sunday) officers received a report of concern for the welfare of a male who had come into trouble in the river near Ovingham.
Emergency services were deployed to the area and searches for the male, aged 13, were carried out by a number of organisations including police, Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service, Northumberland Fire & Rescue Service, HM Coastguard and Mountain Rescue.
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