11-year-old boy drowns after inflated tube flips in B.C. lake

RCMP say an 11-year-old boy has drowned in Wasa Lake, north ofCranbrookin southeasternB.C.

Police say the boy waswith two other children on Sunday on an inflated tube when it flipped in high winds and rough water.

They say the boy wasn't able to make it back to shore.

Officers, with the help of a local resident, used a boat to search the lake and say the boy was spotted under the water within a few minutes.

Police say an officer jumped in to pull the boy to the surface, and they immediately began resuscitation, but the boy was later declared dead at a nearby hospital.

Kimberley RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Steven Woodcox says he wants to thank the public for their help in the rescue and heroic efforts of his officers and other first responders who tried to help.