Presenter Joanna Gosling became choked up during an edition of BBC News as she broke the news of the tragic deaths of three boys after they were pulled from an icy lake. It was confirmed on Monday morning (December 12) the three boys who have lost their lives are aged eight, 10 and 11.
A fourth boy, aged six, remains in a critical condition in hospital. It comes after emergency services were first called to Babbs Mill Park in the Kingshurst area of Solihull, West Midlands, near Birmingham at 2.36pm on Sunday (December 11), where it was reported four children had been playing on the ice and fallen through into the lake.
Members of the public and police officers initially rushed into the chilly waters to try to get the youngsters out, before the children were reached by specialist water rescue-trained firefighters who got the group to safety. Those pulled from the water were given immediate life support by ambulance and fire service personnel before being rushed to two Birmingham hospitals; Birmingham Children’s and Heartlands, where they all arrived in critical condition.
