A 17-year-old Filipino boy drowned after falling into the sea from a bridge on Peng Chau in Hong Kong on Friday evening.
According to a source, the boy who held a Hong Kong identity card was chatting with two friends while sitting on the railings of Chau Tsai Bridge on Peng Chau.
At around 7.18pm on Friday, he stood on the railings and walked a few steps before losing his balance and falling into the sea. The friends saw him attempt to swim back to shore but he vanished from sight.
Firefighters found the boy unconscious about 20 metres from the shore and rushed him to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said they found no suspicious circumstances and the force’s Cheung Chau division was investigating the case.
