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Family photoThe family of a boy drowning in a river has expressed concern over the children floating in the same area.
Kane Edwards was 13 years old when he went to swim in the Tave River in Swansi with a friend in May 2022.
His leg got stuck in a submerged tree and spent more than an hour under water before emergency services were found.
Speaking after questioning about Kane’s death, his family expressed concern that the nearest Lifeboy is on a 20 -minute walk to the site where he died.
The Swanasi Council reported that there were several indications in the region, but it would reconsider a Lifeboy.
Following a two -day interrogation in Swansi, Coronor Edward Ramsay concluded that Kane’s death was accidental.
He said that he drowned “as a result of” getting stuck with underwater debris in fast flowing water.
Shri Ramsay said that he was “absolutely satisfied” that when “something delayed” could participate in emergency services, he had no “motivational effects” on Ken’s death.
He said that “Kane was tragically drowned when he was last seen by his friend”.
Shri Ramsay said that when Ken went to swim, he “did not know at all about the dangers below”.
The coroner said that he wanted to get further information from the Welsh ambulance service, before deciding whether to release the prevention of future death reports.
Kane’s family members have placed a Lifeboy at the place where he died just outside the Swansey Enterprise Park.
Speaking after interrogation, his uncle Gethine Edwards said that “there was a known swimming area for children, at least there should be a lifoate there”.
“The nearest Lifeboy is about 20 minutes of walking from where it happened.
“Five or six children were swimming in the river last night,” he said.
He said, “This is a famous swimming place in Moriston, so Cane was not going to be the first or last person to swim there,” he said.
The Swanasi Council reported that there were several indications in the region, but it would reconsider a Lifeboy.
Ken’s family told interrogation that he admitted that he had died in a “tragic accident”.
He thanked the members of the emergency services, who tried to help him and said that he had comfort that local services had made changes where needed.
On Monday, the court heard that Kane’s post -mortem examination confirmed that it was drowned after going into cold water in a river with rock warees and deep pools where he was currently trapped.
During the hearing, Welsh Ambulance Service Call Handler Hannah Stanley said that the incident was difficult to detect as WhatsApp app – an app that indicates your accurate position with three unique words – failed, although his call handling fulfills the required standards.
Coronor Edward Ramsay also questioned the service manager of Welsh Ambulance Service Andrew Garner and asked if the place of “valuable time was lost” in the establishment of the location of the incident.
Mr. Garner said that the ambulance service discussed the incident, but no complete report was required.
On Tuesday, Mr. Garner said that Kane’s family call handler training was improved, so the first automated location system was used before asking the callers in more detail.
The court neither listened to Kane’s friend, who was floating with him nor the police could initially provide an accurate place, until the boy suggested a suitable place for emergency services, which was not to park on the right part of the Tave River.
Mr. Garner said that the crew was sent to a nearby point, which had the location “updated n route”, as more accurate information came.
The interrogation of Andrew Sutter, Water Safety Manager of Swansee Council, also heard, who said no previous incidents on the site before Kane’s death.
Since then the region has been evaluated, indicating a warning indication on the banks of the river, a lifestyle is placed upwards on a fishing platform, and plans to plant hawthorn bushes near Veer to stop the swimmers.
