Toddler dies after going missing in NSW

A 19-month-old toddler has died after he was found unconscious in a canal in the NSW Riverina.

Police say the toddler disappeared from a home on Morris Road in Lake Wyangan near Griffith on Tuesday night.

Friends and family searched the area before a passing motorist found the unconscious boy in an irrigation canal opposite the home.

He was taken to Griffith Base Hospital but was unable to be revived.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner.