A police officer tried to punch through the ice while others waded into the freezing waters in a desperate bid to save children who had fallen through into a lake.
Three boys, aged eight, 10 and 11, tragically died after they fell through the ice into a lake in a park near Solihull on Sunday. A fourth boy, aged six, is in a critical condition.
In a press conference today, Superintendent Richard Harris, of West Midlands Police, told reporters that one officer who attended the scene was treated for hypothermia after attempting to punch through the ice while trying to rescue the children from the lake.
