Father Watched His Baby Roll To His Death After Posing For Picture By River... Then Drowned Trying To Save Him

A father watched in horror as his son's pushchair rolled into a river after he had posed him on the bank for a family photograph - then died trying to save him.

Sun Wen jumped into the water to try to rescue 18-month-old Lin Sun but they drowned before rescuers found them.

Sun had arranged the baby buggy by the river bank in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, eastern China, for a picture to celebrate Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday where families visit their ancestors' graves.

But Sun - who could not swim - sank beneath the surface and spent 20 minutes under water before rescuers could reach him and his son.

'He was taking photographs when the baby moved in the buggy and it just started rolling faster and faster down to the river.

Source: Daily Mail