A 10-year-old boy drowns in Elk Island National Park

EDMONTON – A 10 year old boy drowned in Elk Island National Park, east of Edmonton.

The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP said in a press release that she had been dispatched at 8:26 pm Sunday to a report of a missing child on Lake Astotin. The STARS air ambulance also attended the scene, with park wardens and EMS

The RCMP said in a press release that members of his family had found the boy in the lake and that # He had been declared dead at the scene. The RCMP added that she would not divulge the boy's name and that victim services provided support to her family members.