Girl, 3, critically hurt as she fights for life after falling into lake

A girl is fighting for her life after falling into a lake.

The child fell into the water near to Shirebrook Close in St Helens at 2.22pm on Saturday (April 6). It came after a report made minutes earlier that a girl had managed to get out of a nearby house.

Officers performed CPR before paramedics and the air ambulance and arrived and she was then taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital. In an update today, a spokesperson for Merseyside Police confirmed the three-year-old remains in hospital in a critical condition.

A spokesperson for the force previously said: "Police officers have rescued a three-year-old child who had fallen in to a lake in Thatto Heath this afternoon (Saturday, April 6). Officers rescued the child from the lake near to Shirebrook Close at about 2.22pm after a report had been made at 2.11pm that a little girl had managed to get out of a house nearby."

"Officers performed CPR prior to the arrival of paramedics and the Air Ambulance. The child has been take to Alder Hey Children's Hospital where she is being treated and her family are with her."