Emergency services desperately hunt for child who vanished while playing in a lake on the hottest day of the year
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Emergency services desperately hunt for child who vanished while playing in a lake on the hottest day of the year
Emergency services are desperately searching for a missing child after three children became ‘distressed’ while playing in a lake on the hottest day of the year.
Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to Westport Lake, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, at 4.50pm yesterday.
After reports of three children in distress at the lake, two were rescued by emergency services following a search of the water but the third is still missing.
The search was stood down for the evening and will continue this morning, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
Police said the identities of the children are known to them and officers are in contact with the parents.
An air ambulance and police helicopter also attended the scene.
A Staffordshire Police spokeswoman said yesterday: ‘We are currently attending an incident at Westport Lake in Stoke-on-Trent following reports of three children in distress in the water at around 4.50pm this afternoon.
‘Two of the children have made it safely out of the lake, but one child is currently still missing.
‘Emergency services including West Midlands Ambulance Service, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Staffordshire Air Ambulance and the National Police Air Service are all in attendance.
‘A police cordon is currently in place. If anyone has any information please call 101 urgently quoting incident 629 of 25 June.’
Five fire engines are also at the scene, along with paramedics, the air ambulance and the police helicopter.
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