A seven-year-old boy died from a fatal brain injury and drowning after getting into difficulty in the water during a family holiday, a coroner has heard.
Musa Ahmed, from Romford in Essex, was brought to shore, stabilised and flown to the Royal London Hospital after the incident at West Mersea on July 22. He died on July 28, the opening of an inquest into the deaths heard on Thursday.
Tragic Incident Claims Three Family Members
His cousin Sameeha Rahman, 15, and her mother Shelina Rahman, 41, both from Ilford in east London, also died in the incident.
The hearing at Chelmsford County Hall was told the trio had been on a family holiday at the time. Post-mortem examinations gave a provisional cause of death as drowning for all three. For Musa, hypoxic ischaemic brain injury was also recorded as a provisional cause of death.
Coroner Offers Condolences
Senior coroner for Essex Lincoln Brookes said: “Clearly it is so tragic to come across any death of any individual but when three occur at the same time and of the same family, one cannot underestimate the tragic nature of such an incident.”
Mr Brookes offered his “deepest condolences” to the family, friends and loved ones of the victims.
Police Response and Next Steps
Essex Police previously said officers were called by the ambulance service at 5.35pm on July 22 after reports that several people had got into difficulty in the water near Seaview Avenue.
The coroner adjourned the inquest to January 19, 2027.
