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15-year-old drowns after swimming in lake

A15-year-old boy has drowned after getting into difficulty while swimming with friends in a lake in Pelsall.

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Teenager drowns after swimming in lake

Lake in Pelsall Credit: ITV News Central

Police say a 15-year-old boy has drowned after getting into difficulty while swimming with friends in a lake in Pelsall.

Police, ambulances and fire crews were called to the Ryder's Hayes estate shortly after 7pm yesterday (20 June).

Shortly after 9pm West Midlands Police confirmed a boy had died after getting into difficulties in the lake behind the estate, known as the Ackers. A spokesman said:

Emergency services are at Ryders Hayes Mear off Ryders Hayes Lane in Walsall where a teenage boy got into difficulty while swimming in the lake with friends around 7pm this evening.

Sadly fire service colleagues recovered the 15-year-old’s body just over an hour later. Officers are currently with the boy’s family. Our thoughts and sympathies are with them."

– West Midlands Ambulance Service.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said:

While staff on the ground searched the area, both the air ambulance and a police helicopter searched the lake from the air.

Tragically, the boy was later recovered from the water and was confirmed dead at the scene.

Although it is very hot at the moment, the dangers of going into open water cannot be underestimated.

– West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman
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