Boy, 5, dies after falling into Egypt pool on holiday
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Kelan Logan-Derench died just a day after arriving in Egypt on his first holiday abroad
A five-year-old boy has died, after falling into a swimming pool in Egypt on his first holiday abroad.
Kelan Logan-Derench, from Sutton Coldfield, had "a tragic accident" on Saturday, family friend Serena Whitehead said.
He is understood to have been on holiday with family members.
Ms Whitehead set up a crowdfunding page to raise money to bring Kelan home and for the funeral, which has raised more than £14,000 towards a £15,000 target.
She said he had fallen in the pool just a day after arriving in Egypt, and "heartbreakingly nothing could be done to save him and he sadly lost his life".
Ms Whitehead, a friend of Kelan's mother, described him as "a cheeky, mischievous, happy little boy", adding the whole family were "absolutely broken" .
Writing on GoFundMe, she said: "The least we can do as friends of the family and as a community is to help them by offering some financial support so that they can bring Kelan home and give him the funeral he deserves."
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said staff were "supporting the family of a British child who died in Egypt".
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