Crosby beach search called off for boy, 14, missing after swimming with friends in River Mersey
The search for search for a teenager who went missing while swimming with friends in the River Mersey has been called off. (Getty Images)
The search for a teenager who went missing while swimming with friends in the River Mersey has been called off.
Merseyside Police launched a search for the 14-year-old boy after he became separated from a group of friends on Sunday evening while swimming near the Seaforth Radar Tower off Crosby beach, Waterloo.
The coastguard, police, fire and rescue units, helicopters and the ambulance service were all involved in the operation overnight after emergency services were notified of the boy’s disappearance shortly after 7pm.
On Monday, a pathway to the tower was cordoned off while a rescue boat was sent out in the river near the tower, once used to track vessels in the shipping channel.
Just after midday on Monday, it was confirmed that the Coastguard had called off the search.
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