Rescue teams continue to search freezing Babs Mill Lake for missing children
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SWBNlake - By Adam Dutton
Rescue teams are continuing to search freezing waters for two children who are feared dead as four other kids fight for their lives after falling through ice on lake.
Four children were rushed to hospital where they remain in a critical condition after they were plucked from the icy lake in Kingshurst, Solihull, on Sunday (11/12).
The youngsters were in a state of cardiac arrest after they rescued from Babbs Mill Lake by brave members of the public and emergency workers at around 2.30pm.
Two other children believed to have also fallen in are feared to be dead due to their age, the temperature of the water and the length of time spent in it.
Rescuers spent overnight searching for the missing youngsters but they still remain unaccounted for this morning (Mon).
Two victims, said to be under 12, are understood to have been playing on the ice when it cracked and gave way beneath them causing them to plunge into the water.
Several of their friends then reportedly ran onto the lake in a bid to help before falling in themselves.
Two of the children were taken to Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital and two to Birmingham Children's Hospital in a critical condition.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said there had been no updates about their condition this morning (Mon).
West Midland Fire Service's Richard Stanton said last night the it was now a ‘recovery rather than rescue' mission.
He said: "When the fire service arrived on scene we were made aware that there were up to six people potentially in the water.
"After rescuing the four children we are continuing search and rescue operations in the whole lake to confirm whether there are any more in the water.
"The specialist medical advice we have been given is that given the temperature, the age of those believed to have entered the water, and the time they have been there, that this would no longer be a search and rescue operation."
Rescue teams are continuing to search freezing waters for two children who are feared dead as four other kids fight for their lives after falling through ice on lake.
Four children were rushed to hospital where they remain in a critical condition after they were plucked from the icy lake in Kingshurst, Solihull, on Sunday (11/12).
The youngsters were in a state of cardiac arrest after they rescued from Babbs Mill Lake by brave members of the public and emergency workers at around 2.30pm.
Two other children believed to have also fallen in are feared to be dead due to their age, the temperature of the water and the length of time spent in it.
Rescuers spent overnight searching for the missing youngsters but they still remain unaccounted for this morning (Mon).
Two victims, said to be under 12, are understood to have been playing on the ice when it cracked and gave way beneath them causing them to plunge into the water.
Several of their friends then reportedly ran onto the lake in a bid to help before falling in themselves.
Two of the children were taken to Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital and two to Birmingham Children's Hospital in a critical condition.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said there had been no updates about their condition this morning (Mon).
West Midland Fire Service's Richard Stanton said last night the it was now a ‘recovery rather than rescue' mission.
He said: "When the fire service arrived on scene we were made aware that there were up to six people potentially in the water.
"After rescuing the four children we are continuing search and rescue operations in the whole lake to confirm whether there are any more in the water.
"The specialist medical advice we have been given is that given the temperature, the age of those believed to have entered the water, and the time they have been there, that this would no longer be a search and rescue operation."