2-Year-old Boy Dies After Falling In Pond

Police say they think the death of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a pond in Dorset was a tragic accident.

They were called by a woman at 11.44 on Friday October the 28th 2011 to say a 2-year-old boy had gone missing from his home in Chickerall near Weymouth.

Officers with the force helicopter searched the area, and at 12.14 the boy was found in a nearby pond.

Paramedics were called and the boy was taken to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester where he was pronounced dead.

Police aren't treating his death as suspicious.