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| Boy goes missing while swimming in river Avon | Boy goes missing while swimming in river Avon |
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| A search is under way for a teenager who has gone missing while swimming in a river. | A search is under way for a teenager who has gone missing while swimming in a river. |
| The 14-year-old boy was in a stretch of the river Avon between Bristol and Bath when he disappeared under the water and did not resurface. | The 14-year-old boy was in a stretch of the river Avon between Bristol and Bath when he disappeared under the water and did not resurface. |
| Emergency services were called to behind the Jolly Sailor pub in Saltford at about 5.40pm on Tuesday. | Emergency services were called to behind the Jolly Sailor pub in Saltford at about 5.40pm on Tuesday. |
| A Great Western ambulance service spokeswoman said: "We got the call at 5.40 this evening to say that a young male had been swimming in the river near Saltford and had gone under the water and not come back up. | A Great Western ambulance service spokeswoman said: "We got the call at 5.40 this evening to say that a young male had been swimming in the river near Saltford and had gone under the water and not come back up. |
| "We sent an ambulance, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and also our hazardous area response team, who have had extra training and can do water rescues alongside the fire service, and we also had the Great Western air ambulance on standby to go to the incident." | "We sent an ambulance, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and also our hazardous area response team, who have had extra training and can do water rescues alongside the fire service, and we also had the Great Western air ambulance on standby to go to the incident." |
| The hazardous area response team remains at the site with the fire service and a police dive team who are continuing the search. | The hazardous area response team remains at the site with the fire service and a police dive team who are continuing the search. |
| A spokesman for Avon fire and rescue said they were called to the scene after reports of a boy in difficulty in the river. | A spokesman for Avon fire and rescue said they were called to the scene after reports of a boy in difficulty in the river. |
| "Searches are still going on, the fire service is still here, the police are still here and ambulance are still here, as well as Avon and Somerset search and rescue," he said. | "Searches are still going on, the fire service is still here, the police are still here and ambulance are still here, as well as Avon and Somerset search and rescue," he said. |
| "At the moment the police underwater search unit, the dive team, have turned up to help as the search goes on … The expectation is the search will carry on as long as it needs to." | "At the moment the police underwater search unit, the dive team, have turned up to help as the search goes on … The expectation is the search will carry on as long as it needs to." |
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