Boy, 16, pulled from lake becomes eighth person to die in water-related incident during heatwave
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A 16-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty in a lake, becoming the eighth person to die in a water-related incident during the UK heatwave.
The teenager had gone into Colwick Park lake, Nottingham, at around 2.05pm today but did not resurface.
He was found more than an hour later following a major search operation which involved the underwater dive team, fire, ambulance and helicopter crews.
A spokesman from Nottinghamshire Police said: "Our thoughts are with his family at this time."
The teenager was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre but was pronounced dead just after 4pm.
(Image: Nottingham Post/BPM MEDIA)
(Image: Nottingham Post/BPM MEDIA)
A spokesman for East Midlands Ambulance Service, told the Nottingham Post: “We received a call at 2.08pm to an incident at Colwick Park, Nottingham.
“The caller reported a patient who was drowning.
"We sent a paramedic in a fast response car, a double crewed ambulance, our Hazardous Area Response Team and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance.
“We worked closely on scene with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue and Nottinghamshire Police to locate and extract the patient from the water.
“One patient was taken to Queens Medical Centre for further care.”