8 Dec, 2010 @ 17:02
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Missing child washed away by floods is found dead

By Amie Keeley

A YOUNG boy who went missing in last night’s floods is reported dead.

Rescue teams found his body on a riverbank in Almodovar del Campo near Ciudad Real a mile away from where his family’s car was washed away by swirling water.

The nine-year-old remained trapped inside the vehicle as his parents and brother managed to escape in time.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving permanently to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press. He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

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