A 7-year-old boy reported missing Saturday and pulled from the South Saskatchewan River that night by emergency services was pronounced dead at hospital, the Saskatoon Police Service confirmed Monday morning.
In a news release Sunday, the Saskatoon Fire Department said the boy was found at 9:51 p.m. and given CPR by both firefighters and paramedics. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Police said they received a call on the east bank of the South Saskatchewan River near Victoria Avenue about the missing boy around 8:30 p.m. after the caller said they had lost sight of him.
Police spokesman Joshua Gruella said officers checked multiple sites, including a nearby park and the boy’s home, before finding his clothes and a bag of snacks on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River near where the call was made.
The boy was in the water nearby.
Police called the fire department at 8:43 a.m. to help search the river, and the service’s boat was in the river about 10 minutes later.
Emergency services searched the river using sonar equipment.
Police say the death is not criminal in nature and the family has been offered support to cope with the loss.
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