Body found in lake following crash on Shropshire border
A Shropshire teenager has died after the car he was travelling in left the road and entered a lake on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.
The car - a silver Peugeot 306 left the road, travelled through a hedge and entered The Great Pool, which is a lake near Patshull Park Hotel, Burnhill Green at around 12.30am on Monday morning.
On arrival at the scene ambulance crews found the driver of the car, an 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old woman passenger had managed to get out of the vehicle.
They were treated at the scene by ambulance crews before being released.
The 16-year-old man, who was a back seat passenger - was reported missing. Members of the Hazardous Area Response Team were joined by the Severn Area Rescue Association and other emergency services in a search of the lake.
The teenager’s body was found yesterday evening by police divers.
