A post mortem on a Scunthorpe schoolboy who drowned in a pond after playing with friends is to take place.
Lebohang Carrington Sibanda, 12, was floating on sheets of polystyrene with friends on Ashbyville Pond when he fell in the water.
The boy, known as Carrington, struggled after his sheet broke and he was later discovered by an underwater search tea
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Police and firefighters arrived at the scene on Thursday after reports that the boy had gone missing.
He was taken to Scunthorpe General Hospital by an RAF Sea King helicopter but was pronounced dead on arrival.
A spokesman from Humberside Police said Carrington had lived with extended family in Scunthorpe for two or three years since arriving from Africa.
News of his death shocked pupils and staff at Frederick Gough School on the southern outskirts of the town.
Headteacher Ben Lawrance said: "He was a very well-liked pupil and full of life and character. He had friends in all the year groups. The news has hit the school hard. We will really miss him.
Humberside Fire and Rescue said it seemed the hot weather tempted Carrington to the pond to swim, but the boy succumbed to the cold of the water after his sheet of polystyrene broke underneath him.
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) warned people to think carefully before cooling off in lakes and rivers this summer.
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