A search involving a helicopter, coastguard rescue teams
and two lifeboats is ongoing near the jetty at Burnham-on-Sea for a missing
4-year-old that was seen entering the water.
The parents of the child have been treated on scene after they went in
after the boy and required medical treatment for water ingestion.
A member of the public dialled 999 at 6.04 pm to inform Swansea
Coastguard that they had seen two adults go in the water to attempt to rescue a
small child and that they needed medical assistance. Swansea Coastguard sent the Burnham-on-Sea
Coastguard Rescue Team to the scene, along with the two Burnham-on-Sea RNLI
lifeboats. The Coastguard Rescue
helicopter from Portland is also on scene, along with a Police helicopter and
Avon Ambulance Service. The search is
currently still ongoing.
