Four children received life support after falling into a lake near Birmingham, ambulance services have confirmed.
Emergency services attended the scene at Babbs Mill Lake in Solihull earlier this afternoon after reports of a number of people falling into the water. Speaking at a press conference this evening, fire chiefs confirmed the casualties had been children playing on the icy lake.
The children remain in critical condition after being rushed to hospital in cardiac arrest. Police say they are 'doing everything we can support all those involved'.
Cameron McVittie, a tactical commander with West Midlands Ambulance, said: “On being rescued, the four children were taken under blue lights to hospital with an advanced care team.
“Two were taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and two to Heartlands in Birmingham. All four children were in critical condition on arrival.”
He added: “There are no updates. They are all in critical condition when they arrived in hospital.”
West Midlands Fire Service area commander Richard Stanton said reports from the scene and social media indicated that “a number of children had been playing on the ice on a lake and had fallen through the ice”.
He said: “When our firefighters arrived, a number of police officers and members of the public were in the water trying to reach and rescue the children.
“Our crews entered the water, swam to the first child and our specialist-trained firefighters, including technical rescue, rescued three further children.
“The children were brought out of the water where they received immediate life-support care from firefighters and our ambulance colleagues.”
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