Police continue river search for missing boy
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Version 0 of 1. A missing 11-year-old boy feared to have fallen into a river two days ago has been named by police as Cameron Comey. Cameron, from Carmarthen, was last seen playing with his brother near the river Towy in the Tanerdy area of the town. Dyfed-Powys police were called to reports Cameron had fallen into the water just before 4pm on Tuesday. Emergency services immediately launched a search operation, which continued through Thursday. A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys police said: “He was last seen outside playing near the river Towy in the Tanerdy area of Carmarthen with his brother, late Tuesday afternoon. “If you were in the area near the river between 2pm and 4pm on Tuesday 17 February and have any information, please contact the police by calling 101. “The search and rescue operation continues on the river Towy today. Similar resources will be deployed as yesterday, with the addition of the specialist dive team from South Wales police. The police helicopter will continue to assist in identifying possible search areas.” Police are co-ordinating the search, working with the Mid & West Wales fire and rescue service, coastguard, lifeboats, mountain rescue and ambulance rescue teams. Cameron’s family are being supported by a specially trained officer from Dyfed-Powys police. Insp Eric Evans said: “We are not 100% sure that the boy has gone into the water although we are fairly confident that he has. “We are conducting a thorough search of the area and following every lead in order to find him. As a police service we deal with missing person reports on a daily basis so are very experienced and well trained and will be systematic in our approach to finding him. “Our plan for today is to work more closely with other services who bring specialist skills and equipment in order to search the river. Searching a river is difficult with fast flowing water, tidal waters and dark pools. “We have approximately 50 personnel from all services systematically searching the river from the point of where we believe the 11-year-old has gone in downstream. We are being guided by coastguard in relation to the flow of river and tidal water as to how far the boy could have travelled.” |