Father tried to rescue two year old son who fell into Leicester river

Specialist dive teams are continuing their efforts to trace a two-year-old boy who fell into the River Soar in Leicester on Sunday as police urged the public not to go to the scene. The boy had been with family when he fell into the water in the Aylestone Meadows area, close to Marsden Lane, at around 5pm. A man who was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure has been discharged, Leicestershire Police said. Leicestershire Police assistant chief constable Michaela Kerr, speaking to reporters on Monday, said they have “reinforced our resources” to find the boy and urged well-meaning members of the public not to attend the scene due to rising water levels. She said: “I would like to begin by extending my thoughts to the family, who we recognise must be going through a very distressing time at this particular moment. “We do have specialist officers with that family and we are ensuring that we share any information and developments with them. “We have today reinforced our resources searching for that little boy. “We are using specialist divers within the River Soar and we continue to use the helicopter and aerial technology to try and locate the little boy. “Our priority for Leicestershire Police is to make sure that we find this little boy.” Subscribe to the Evening Standard: https://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Evening-S... for latest breaking news from the UK, US and around the world, plus podcasts and features. Evening Standard on socials: Check out our full video catalog:    / londoneveningstandard   Videos, daily editorial and more: https://www.standard.co.uk/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.fb.com/eveningstandard Follow us on Twitter:   / eveningstandard   and Instagram:   / evening.standard