Six-year-old dies in ice lake plunge

A six-year-old boy has died after falling through ice on a fishing lake.Police said they believed the youngster, and another boy aged 12, had been playing on the ice when it cracked and they fell into freezing water.

Emergency services were called to the scene at Streethouse, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, yesterday afternoon (SAT) and the older boy was rescued by firefighters.

It came as freezing weather continued to cause problems across the country and followed the death of 16-year-old Francesca Anobile in a sledging accident in South Yorkshire last Tuesday.

After yesterday's tragedy, locals said the privately-owned lake - which is believed to be 10 to 15 feet deep - was fenced off parts of the barrier had been broken and thrown onto the icy surface.