Crime & Safety

Child Pulled From River Dies, Search Resumes For Second

The children, who had gone to play in the woods in Chicopee, were reported missing at about 1 p.m. Saturday.

One child remains missing and a second has died after being pulled from a Chicopee river, authorities said.

The children, who had gone to play in the woods in Chicopee, were reported missing about 1 p.m. Saturday when they failed to return home, Chicopee Officer Michael Wilk said in a Facebook post.

One of the children was pulled from the Chicopee River by firefighters and taken to the hospital. On Sunday, police announced that child had died.

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