A 15-YEAR-OLD girl has been left fighting for her life in hospital after getting into difficulty in the water off Formby beach.
Emergency services were called to the beach in Merseyside on Monday afternoon after the alarm was raised by members of the public.
The teen girl was rescued from the water and rushed to hospital for treatment.
She remains in a critical condition at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, cops said.
Members of the public reportedly leapt into action when the girl began struggling and assisted her and her family, police said.
Merseyside Police is offering its gratitude to the heroic bystanders who worked to help the youngster.
Police probing the incident have asked anyone with information that may assist them to come forward.
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Nuttall said: “We know that Formby beach was exceptionally busy on bank holiday Monday but I would appeal for anyone who witnessed this incident or has any information which could assist our inquiries to get in touch as a matter of urgency.
“Our officers and I would also like to offer our gratitude to the members of the public who came to the assistance of the 15-year-old girl and her family during such tragic circumstances on Formby beach.
“At this stage we believe the girl got into difficulties in the water and members of the public came to her aid.”
It comes after a body was pulled from a river amid the search for a 12-year-old who went missing while swimming with pals.
The lad and his friends are understood to have got into trouble while in the River Ribble in Ribchester, Lancashire, yesterday.
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene after being alerted to concern for the welfare of a child.
A frantic search operation was launched with fire crews and underwater units combing the river in a desperate bid to locate the youngster.
Tragically, a body was recovered from the water at around 8pm last night, cops said.
A total of seven teenagers passed away in separate tragedies after getting into difficulty in water at popular beauty spots over the Bank Holiday.
A 13-year-old boy, two girls and a boy aged 15, and another teenage boy were pulled from water over the past few days amid rising temperatures.
The body of Declan Sawyer, 15, was found by police on May 24 after they conducted an extensive search of Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln.
Abbie Carmody-Pepper, 15, vanished at Burrow Beach in Howth, Dublin, with friends after entering the water.
Emergency services also raced to Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire, just after 6pm on Monday following concerns for the welfare of a girl in the water.
Sadly, the 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after her body was recovered at around 7.20pm, according to Warwickshire Police.
And, a 13-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after being pulled from Leadbeater Dam in Halifax, West Yorkshire, yesterday afternoon.
The teen, who has since been named as Reco Puttock, tragically passed away in hospital, despite the best efforts of medics.
His mum – Sam Puttock – paid a heartfelt tribute to her lad yesterday, saying he was close to his three siblings, “especially with his big sister”.
In another tragedy, emergency services rushed to Rother Valley Country Park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, at around 7pm on Monday, following reports of a missing boy.
Tragically, a body was later recovered from the water as cops searched for the missing lad.
And, a body has been found today amid the search for a 17-year-old boy last seen getting into a Cheshire lake.
Specialist divers and helicopter crews scoured the area following reports of a missing boy at Pickmere Lake, near Northwich, at 4.50pm on Tuesday.
Cheshire Constabulary said that no formal identification has taken place but the body is believed to be that of the missing teenager.
The death is not being treated as suspicious, police added.
