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Girl, 11, who ‘slipped & fell in Thames while playing with pals’ is pictured as frantic search enters 3rd day
Girl, 11, who ‘slipped & fell in Thames while playing with pals’ is pictured as frantic search enters 3rd day
Published on April 02, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A SCHOOLGIRL who went missing after she “slipped and fell” into the River Thames has been pictured for the first time.
Kaliyah Coa, 11, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered the water near Barge House Causeway in east London.
Kaliyah Coa, 11, had been playing during a school inset dayA police boat moves along the River ThamesPolice at the scene in WoolwichA police support vehicle at the scene
Emergency services were called at 1.23pm on Monday with London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, the RNLI and the Coastguard searching for the missing schoolgirl.
The force said: “A recovery mission is now under way to find Kaliyah along the Thames, with the Met leading an extensive examination of the area.”
It said Kaliyah's family have “asked for privacy at this distressing time”.
A relative told Flying Eze: “It was her birthday last week. She had only just turned 11.
“She was a beautiful bubbly girl. A very happy girl and lovely girl.”
Shaleen Rajaendram, 59, who lives on Barge House Road which leads onto the causeway, said: “I heard upstairs a guy was screaming ‘wait there, wait, the police is coming'.”
The man was standing on a balcony in a flat block overlooking the river and later told Ms Rajaendram he had been alerted by the children “shouting, screaming”, she said.
Ms Rajaendram continued: “Then I saw suddenly two kids were coming out to the top of the bridge, I said ‘what happened?'
“Then they said ‘one of my friends was playing in the water, one of my friends has gone into water and she's gone underneath and we can't find her'.”
The girl returned home while the boy told Ms Rajaendram where the incident took place.
Ms Rajaendram then called her neighbour, Kerry Benadjaoud, 62, who took a life ring down to the water but could not see the girl.
A man said he had called the police, Ms Benadjaoud said, adding: “But he said at the time he could see her (the girl's) hands going down.
“So, by the time I got down there with the ring I couldn't find her.”
A rescue boat on the water on Tuesday afternoonRescue teams and police todayFire rescue services immediately set out after reports came in this afternoonParamedics are on standby as coastguards scour the river for Kaliyah
The lifelong area resident said she discovered shoes, a sock, a coat and a phone near the river, and handed the items to the police.
“Apparently she was paddling, so her socks and shoes were off, her coat, then she must have slipped and gone down”, she added.
Ms Benadjaoud said the boy who had been with the girl was around eight or nine years old.
She said: “The little boy turned around and said ‘I tried to hold her hand but it slipped'.
“I said to the little boy's parents, obviously he needs to see someone because it's going to affect him later”.
Barge House Causeway is a concrete slope that goes directly into the River Thames and is used to transport boats, and residents pointed out that it appeared to be covered in moss and is slippery.
The girl's next of kin have been made aware and are being supported by officers.
LAS was called at a similar time to police after receiving a report of a person in the water at Lowestoft Mews, close to the airport.
“We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and members of our hazardous area response team,” a spokesperson said.
“Our crews assisted our emergency services partners at the scene but were later stood down.”
LFB deputy assistant commissioner Joseph Kenny said: “Firefighters responded to reports of a person in the River Thames near Lowestoft Mews, Newham.
“Crews from East Ham, Barking, Ilford and Bexley fire stations were sent to the scene alongside crews from the HM Coastguard, RNLI, London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police Service.
“The brigade also deployed its drone team and fire boat as part of its response, with crews carrying out a systematic search of the area.
“The brigade was first called about the incident at 13:23. Search operations for firefighters were concluded at 15:49 when responsibility for the incident was left with the police.”
A spokesperson for the RNLI said: “Tower RNLI was requested to launch this afternoon (March 31) to an incident near Woolwich.
“The lifeboat was later stood down.”
Helicopters have been deployedThis boat is among the vessels involved in the searchRNLI rescuers were seen searching the Thames for the missing schoolgirl on MondayKaliyah fell in the Thames just at 1.15pm this afternoon in WoolwichPolice officers at the scene
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