A three-year-old boy tripped on a tuft of grass while feeding the ducks and fell headfirst into a canal where he tragically drowned, a coroner heard today.
Dylan Milsom was swept downstream after toppling into the fast flowing water of the Kennet and Avon Canal in Newbury, Berkshire, on a family day out on Saturday, March 13, just before Mother s Day.
The blonde-haired toddler walked along the canal towpath to find hungry ducks, venturing closer to the edge of the river so that his bread would land in the water.
But he stumbled and was sucked into a weir, before his body was spotted floating under the water by rescuers, Berkshire Coroners Court was told.
Dylan Milsom, 3, drowned in Newbury canal trying to feed ducks
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Boy, three, who died after falling into a canal as he fed ducks was sucked into weir despite mum trying to save him
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Tributes to Dylan, 3, after tragic canal fall in Newbury. Pic from Hyde News TRIBUTES have been paid to a beautiful and cheeky toddler who died after falling into a canal near Newbury. The youngster tumbled into the water of the Kennet and Avon Canal on Saturday afternoon while out with his mother. National reports suggest Shelley Nardini, from Newbury, jumped into the canal to save her son Dylan but he was swept away almost a mile downstream before both were pulled out of the water. The mother and son were rushed to hospital but police later confirmed the three year old tragically died hours after. Ms Nardini, aged 36, was treated and later discharged home.