SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY OFF ABERFFRAW
Coastguards
are this afternoon searching for a 12-year-old boy who is believed to have been
swept out to sea at Aberffraw.
Holyhead
Coastguard received a 999 call at around 12.30 this lunchtime reporting that
three people were stuck on rocks in the estuary. Further information then
suggested that two men had managed to make it back to shore, plus a young boy;
however another youngster was caught in the large waves and swept out to sea.
The
Rhosneigr, Holyhead, Bangor and Moelfre Coastguard Rescue Teams along with two
Coastguard Sector Managers are currently involved in the search, alongside the
RNLI lifeboats from Porthdinllaen, Holyhead, and Trearddur Bay, the search and
rescue helicopter from RAF Valley and North Wales Police.