Police, fire service and water rescue teams are searching Pickmere Lake near Knutsford after a teenager was reported missing while swimming. Police responded at around 5pm
A massive search operation is taking place at a lake near Knutsford after a teenage boy went missing while swimming. Officers, fire crews, search and rescue teams and paramedics are at the scene at Pickmere Lake.
The alert was raised shortly before 5pm. Clips and images posted on social media revealed a substantial emergency response at the location, with walkways surrounding the area also cordoned off.
It was reported that an individual had gone into the water before being reported as missing, with a comprehensive search of the vicinity being conducted. No additional updates have been issued. A Cheshire Police spokesperson said: “Emergency services are in attendance at Pickmere Lake following reports of a missing teenage boy.
“Officers are making a search of the area with assistance from the police helicopter, and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.”, reports the Manchester Evening News.
“Members of the public are asked to avoid the area while emergency services work at the scene. Anyone with information should contact Cheshire Police on 101 quoting IML 2336977.”
Five fire engines were also dispatched to the scene, along with a rapid response unit, technical rescue unit and boat unit during the water rescue operation.
A Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service statement on the incident read: “Firefighters were called to reports of a person who had entered the water in Pickmere Lake, near Knutsford.
“On arrival, firefighters deployed a rescue boat and water rescue firefighters to assist partner emergency services in searching the area for the missing individual.
“Firefighters and emergency services are still in attendance at the scene and further updates will be provided when available.”
It comes after experts issued stark warnings following the tragic drowning of five teenagers over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The family of a 15-year-old boy who tragically died in a lake have spoken out caution others about the hazards of open water. Declan Sawyer was found during a search of Swanholme Lakes near Lincoln on Sunday (May 24), as the UK experienced record-breaking high temperatures.
There is also heartbreak for the family of another teenage boy who “went missing in water” while taking a dip at a popular country park in Rotherham, Yorkshire, on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25). Police confirmed this morning that a body has been retrieved following an overnight search.
Abbie Carmody-Pepper, also aged 15, tragically lost her life while swimming at Burrow Beach, Sutton, Dublin, this weekend.
Her death occurred just hours after the body of a teenage girl was pulled from the water at Kingsbury Water Park in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.
Yesterday, a 13-year-old boy, known locally as “Reco,” was recovered from the water after he drowned in a reservoir in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Declan’s father Carl offered a heart-wrenching tribute to a “funny and outgoing young man” and doesn’t want any other parents to endure the same nightmare with the heatwave predicted to continue until the weekend. Read the full story here.
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