A TEENAGE boy who has become the twelfth person to die in water during the record-breaking hot weather has been pictured.

Baltazar L’Quy, 14, died after “getting into difficulty” in the River Thames in Oxford at around 5.45pm yesterday.

Riverboat boat passing under Donnington Bridge on the River Thames in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
A 14-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty near Donnington Bridge on the River Thames in Oxford (stock)Credit: Alamy
 

Illustration of Baltazar L'Quy with angel wings.
Baltazar L’Quy, 14, who tragically passed away on Wednesday has been pictured for the first time in this digitally altered imageCredit: family handout
A huge emergency response scrambled to the scene but the teenager was tragically confirmed dead after the incident at Donnington Bridge.

A rescuer who was on the scene when the teen got into difficulty said they did “absolutely everything humanly possible to find him and help him,” reports Oxford Mail.

Thames Valley Police said the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious and its investigation is ongoing.

The Oxford Timorese Community Association told the BBC it was a “very painful moment, not only for the family, but also for the Timorese community, in Oxford and across the United Kingdom”.

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Police scrambled to the scene at 2.55pm on Wednesday following concerns for a swimmer in a pond in Swanscombe, KentCredit: UKNIP
 

Specialist water rescue teams and emergency services search for a missing person in the water near Northfleet, Kent.
Emergency crews were seen searching the water and shorelineCredit: UKNIP
 

Declan Sawyer holding a large fish by a lake.
Declan Sawyer, 15, tragically died while swimming in a lake near his home in Lincoln at 2.30pm on SundayCredit: Facebook

Eleven other people have sadly died in separate tragedies after getting into difficulty in water at popular beauty spots during the hot weather.

Police scrambled to the scene at 2.55pm on Wednesday following concerns for a swimmer in a pond in Swanscombe, Kent.

The body of a teenage boy was sadly pulled from the water, police said today.

Meanwhile, the body of 15-year-old Abbie Carmody-Pepper was recovered off Burrow Beach near Howth, Dublin, by the Irish Coast Guard on Sunday evening.

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In another tragedy, Declan Sawyer, 15, died while swimming in a lake near his home in Lincoln at 2.30pm, also on Sunday.

Reco Pinnock, 13, sadly passed away after being rushed to hospital when he was pulled from Leadbeater Dam in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Monday afternoon.

Emergency services also raced to Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire, just after 6pm on Monday, following concerns for welfare of a girl in the water.

Sadly, a 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

A body was also discovered in the hunt for a teenage boy who was last seen entering the water at Rother Valley Country Park, South Yorkshire, on the same day.

He has been named locally as 16-year-old Muhammad Secka, with tributes rolling in for the teenager who was “loved by many”.

Illustration of Reco Puttock as an angel with white wings and a halo.
Reco Pinnock, 13, was rushed to hospital after being pulled from Leadbeater Dam in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Monday afternoon, but he tragically diedCredit: Ben Lack
 

Abbie Carmody-Pepper wearing a school uniform.
The body of 15-year-old Abbie Carmody-Pepper was recovered off Burrow Beach near Howth, Dublin, by the Irish Coast Guard on Sunday eveningCredit: rip.ie
Junior Slater, 12, vanished while swimming with friends in the River Ribble, in Lancashire, on Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency crews, including underwater search units, were scrambled to the river near Ribchester just after 2pm.

Junior’s body was sadly pulled from the water several hours later.

Issuing a statement through the police, his heartbroken family hailed him as the “soul of our lives”.

A body was also found in the search for a 17-year-old boy last seen getting into Pickmere Lake, near Northwich in Cheshire at 4.50pm on Tuesday.

In another tragedy, emergency services scrambled to Hawley Lake on the Hampshire-Surrey border.

A body thought to be a teenage boy was pulled from the water.

Phil Crow, 68, also lost his life after running into the water when his granddaughter and wife were pulled out to sea on Monday.

Phil Crow smiling and holding a glass of white wine.
Phil Crow, 68, also lost his life after running into the water when his granddaughter and wife were pulled out to sea on MondayCredit: Facebook
 

A young boy with short brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark puffer jacket, looks directly at the camera.
Junior Slater, 12, vanished while swimming with friends in the River Ribble, in Lancashire, on Tuesday afternoon
The grandad tragically went into cardiac arrest in the sea at Tregirls Beach in Padstow, Cornwall, at around 3.50pm.

A 72-year-old woman was also pulled from the water at West Angle Bay beach, Pembrokeshire in Wales, on Sunday.

A 15-year-old girl is also fighting for her life in hospital after getting into difficulty in the water off Formby beach.

Emergency services were called to the beach in Merseyside on Monday afternoon after the alarm was raised by members of the public.

The teen girl was rescued from the water and rushed to hospital for treatment.

She remains in a critical condition at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, cops said.

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The tragedies came as Brits flooded beaches, parks and pubs to enjoy scorching weather over the long weekend.

The Met Office said yesterday was hottest May day on record, with Kew Gardens in London reaching 25C.