Uk news: Search operation launched for missing teenager who was playing with friends in river
A search operation was launched in Lechlade-on-Thames, Gloucestershire, overnight with witnesses seeing a helicopter and police with torches near Halfpenny Bridge. A police spokesman confirmed to the Mirror the incident is ongoing.
A resident who lives near the pub told the Mirror: "A friend living close to the bridge messaged that she had seen a group wrapped in metallic blankets in the back of an ambulance." "Officers have been supported by the National Police Air Service, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service and Severn Area Rescue Association while searches continued into the early hours of this morning .
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.
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