A teenage boy has died in the sea off the UK coastline after a frantic five hour search involving the coastguard helicopter. The tragic accident occurred on Saturday August 13 during what was another extremely busy weekend for emergency services stretched to breaking point because of the heatwave.
Police said they were called to a report that a child under 16 was in the water at about 6.15pm and following a combined search by police, coastguard and lifeboats, the boy’s body was found at around 11.30pm off the coastline of Skegness.
The identity of the teenager has not yet been released, according to Lincolnshire Live. The tragedy happened during a busy weekend for the popular seaside resort, with Superintendent Lee Pache, of Lincolnshire Police, revealing that they received a high volume of calls for missing people, including 10 pleas for help in just two hours on Saturday.
