A 10-year-old girl has been named by her school as the person who died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire.
Leah Harrison, a Year 6 pupil at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Darlington died on Wednesday afternoon following torrential rain.
Chief executive of Leah’s school, Nick Blackburn, said she was a “much-loved” student.
Blackburn said: “The full details are still emerging but this is clearly a heartbreaking tragedy. Leah was a much loved part of our school and our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and the school staff.
“Counselling is being arranged within the school for pupils and staff. We are all in a state of shock and we would ask that the privacy of the family and the school community is respected while we try to come to terms with what has happened.”
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