Police have continued an overnight search for a teenage boy who is missing after swimming with friends.
He had been in the water with four others near Lechlade on Thames, Gloucestershire, when officers were called at around 10pm last night.
His friends jumped in to try and find him before getting out of the water when emergency services arrived.A spokesman from Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service said: ‘We were called at 10.03pm by the coast guard to reports that some teenagers believed to be aged about 17, had been playing in the river at Lechlade and one hadn’t resurfaced.
‘We assisted the search by sending three crews from Fairford, Gloucester South and Tewkesbury, along with boat crews. ‘We liaised with coast guard and the police, who were co-ordinating the search, and came away from the scene at about 4am.’
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