Boy is being treated for life-threatening injuries after a drowning accident at Fjällnorabadet

The rescue service found a boy in the water at 1pm at Fjällnorabadet a couple of miles east of Uppsala. The police and ambulance were called to the scene and the beach had to be evacuated.

- We received an alarm about a drowning incident at 12 o'clock and sent resources to the bath, says Per Johansson line operator.

He says that the rescue service found a boy in the water about an hour later. He was taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter with an unknown condition.

- I don't know his status. Healthcare has taken over now.

On Saturday evening, the Academic Hospital issued a press release. It says that a boy, 14 years old, is being treated for life-threatening injuries.

On Sunday morning, the hospital had no updated information on the boy's condition on its website.