A mother and her son died after she jumped into a river to save him when he got into difficulty while cooling off, witnesses have claimed.
Emergency services rushed to Elthorne Park in Ealing, west London, just before 4.30pm on Saturday following reports a boy and a woman were struggling in the water.
The woman, 34, and her seven-year-old son were pulled from the River Brent which borders the park. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness has since claimed they saw the mother leapt into the river to save her son.
‘In a matter of seconds’ the boy, who they
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