Teenager drowns after police chase in Northern Ireland
Police ombudsman investigates how Kyle Bonnes, 15, drowned near Derry city after being chased by police
Northern Ireland’s police ombudsman is investigating how a teenager drowned near Derry city after being chased by police officers.
Kyle Bonnes, 15, from Tullyally, died after being pulled from the river yesterday. The incident happened in the Drumahoe area just after five o’clock last night.
PSNI officers tried to help him but he was pulled from the river unconscious and died a short time later. Police said the teenager ran off with another youth when they arrived to investigate reports of a disturbance on the Glenshane Road.
A statement from the ombudsman’s office said investigators had been at the scene through the night co-ordinating forensic, mapping and photography work. “We would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed what happened,” the statement said.
The chairman of Derry District Policing Partnership, Joe Miller, said they would “monitor the outcome” of the ombudsman’s investigation.
“I have already spoken to the PSNI area commander in Foyle, Chief Inspector Chris Yates, in relation to the incident and I am aware that the events surrounding this tragic loss of life is the subject of an investigation by the police ombudsman’s office,” he said.
