A teenage boy has died after entering the water at Skegness. Lincolnshire Police said emergency services received a report that a child under 16 was in the sea at around 6.15pm on Saturday, August 13.
A search was carried out by police, the coastguard and lifeboat crews and the boy’s body was recovered at around 11.30pm, Lincolnshire Live reports.
Superintendent Lee Pache, of Lincolnshire Police, said: “We received a high volume of calls for missing people on the coast yesterday. "At one point, within two hours, we received 10 calls. All of the those who were reported missing, other than the child who sadly died, were located safe and well. Our thoughts are with the boy’s family.”
A spokesman for HM Coastguard, which coordinated the response, said: "An extensive search was carried out by two RNLI lifeboats from Skegness and Mablethorpe, the HM Coastguard helicopter from Humber and Sutton Bridge, and Skegness and Wrangle coastguard rescue teams.
"Lincolnshire Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were also involved. The missing teenager was found and handed into the care of the East Midlands Ambulance Service." Lincolnshire Police's control room tweeted at about 7pm on Saturday: "In the past 2 hours we have received approximately 10 different calls regarding missing children in the Skegness area on either the arcades, beaches or in the water.
"This has prompted the deployment of many officers, a drone unit, coastguard helicopter and crews."
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