UPDATE: Brampton teen drowns in Halton Hills area

Published June 12, 2021 at 2:10 am

A 14-year-old boy from Brampton drowned while swimming in the Credit River with friends on Friday.

Halton Regional Police Service received a report around 5 p.m. that a teenage boy had been under the water for several minutes near McNab Park in Norval. Several youths had been swimming near a bridge over the water.

Paramedics rushed the boy to a nearby hospital, but he died shortly after.

Teenage male removed from the Credit River after being under the water for several minutes on Adamson Street north of Highway 7 in Halton Hills. He was with a group of friends jumping from a bridge, transported with no vital signs and pronounced dead in hospital. pic.twitter.com/PZqOkrYQ5C

— DR (@Media371) June 12, 2021

Police are investigating the tragic drowning of a Brampton teen in the Credit River near McNab Park in Norval. The incident occurred today at 5:00 pm at a bridge over the Credit River. The 14 year old Brampton male was rushed to hospital and sadly has succumbed to his injuries.

— HRPS Milt HHills (@HRPSMiltHH) June 12, 2021