An enormous police search is underway after a 14-year-old schoolboy went lacking whereas swimming within the River Mersey.
{The teenager} disappeared at round 7pm this night after changing into separated from his buddies off Crosby Seaside.
The group have been mentioned to have been swimming within the river near the radar tower when the boy turned misplaced.
An enormous search and rescue operation is now below manner between the seaside and marine lake, with a coastguard helicopter seen above earlier this night.
A reporter on the scene for the Liverpool Echo mentioned: ‘By my rely, there are 5 ambulance automobiles, six hearth engines and at the very least three police automobiles within the neighborhood.
{The teenager} disappeared at round 7pm this night after changing into separated from his buddies off Crosby Seaside
‘Extra are stationed additional alongside the seaside and a coastguard helicopter has been circling.’
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police mentioned: ‘Simply after 7pm emergency companies acquired a report of a priority for security of a 14-year-old boy who had gone swimming within the River Mersey , close to to the radar tower with a bunch of buddies.
‘His buddies had come out of the river however had develop into separated from him and he has not been seen since.
‘The incident is ongoing and Crosby seaside close to to the radar tower has been cordoned off.
‘We’re asking folks to keep away from the realm right now, while the emergency companies, together with the coastguard and North West Ambulance Service, proceed trying to find the lacking boy.’
