A 14-year-old boy was lacking on Monday night and believed to have drowned whereas swimming within the River Thames, in keeping with London’s police service, as 1000’s flocked to stretches of water to flee Britain’s scorching warmth wave.
Late Monday afternoon, London’s Metropolitan Police was alerted to stories {that a} youngster had entered the river in Richmond, in southwest London. Members of all three emergency providers and a few civilians carried out an intensive search, however it was known as off after they have been unable to find him.
“Despite the very best efforts of all involved, we must now sadly conclude that this young boy has died,” Superintendent Richard Smith, of the Metropolitan Police’s South West Command Unit, stated in a press release. “Efforts to recover his body will continue into this evening.”
Authorities have warned of the risks of swimming within the Thames and different our bodies of open water in current days, as individuals rushed to more and more in style “wild-swimming” spots.
“I know that on days like today when temperatures are at a record high, it might look appealing to jump in and cool off in rivers, reservoirs, lakes or other open water,” stated Superintendent Smith. “Please don’t.” The boy’s presumed demise, he stated, confirmed “the terrible consequences of what happens when it goes wrong.”
