The man's family anxiously await news at a hotel on the shores of Lake Garda (file image)

The British father-of-two is missing and fears he drowned after doving into an Italian lake to salve his 14-year-old son while on holiday

  • An unnamed father jumped into Lake Garda, northern Italy, to salvage his fourteen-year-old son
  • He was able to save the male child before he slipped beneath the surface last night
  • After hours of searching, the family, including the 5-year-old daughter, anxiously await any news
  • Officials believe the man in the cold lake may have suffered a thermal shock attack
  • Balance of family now at hotel and offering psychological aid, Coast Guard confirms

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A heroic British father of two has gone missing and drowned later jumping into an Italian lake to relieve his son.

The unnamed man – said to exist a company director – bravely jumped into the h2o after his 14-year-quondam son got into trouble while swimming nearly a boat they had rented for the day.

He was able to rescue the teenager and wheel him back to the speedboat, where his relieved mother managed to pull him on lath and to condom.

Just as she searched for her husband, 51, she was horrified to see him struggling in the h2o and saw him slip beneath the surface at Lake Garda in northern Italy.

The woman's cries for help alerted other boats and a Coast Baby-sit unit, while other vessels raced to the scene about the seaside town of Limone.

The human's family unit anxiously await news at a hotel on the shores of Lake Garda (file epitome)

The scene of the accident was Limone sul Garda, a picturesque lake town in northern Italia

The rescue endeavour connected well into Friday night equally the woman, the xiv-year-old and a 5-year-one-time daughter anxiously awaited news on the coast.

The human, who celebrates his birthday side by side Tuesday, was staying with his family at the nearby four-star Hotel du Lac et Du Parc in Riva del Garda.

Known for its scenic setting with dramatic mountains plunging into the crystal articulate lake, the area is a magnet for British holidaymakers and former Prime Minister Theresa May, who is a regular company and currently based in the surface area.

The man and his family gave up his driver's license and rented the small boat for the day from a local company, and the search continues on the lake at daybreak this morn.

Known for its stunning location and sheer cliffs, the expanse is a magnet for British holidaymakers

Information technology is feared he volition be the 3rd drowning on Lake Garda in a week. Information technology comes after 2 men, aged 36 and 41, died in separate incidents.

An eyewitness told local media: "We were about 100 meters from shore when we heard a adult female screaming for help.

"I looked over and she was on a boat with two kids who were screaming and pointing at the water, so nosotros called emergency services and they were there very quickly."

Temperatures at the time of the incident on Friday afternoon were around 38C, but the h2o was considerably colder and officials believe the human may have suffered a thermal shock attack.

In improver to coast guard units, a fire gunkhole and several volunteer boats were too used in the search. A helicopter as well scanned the h2o, which reaches a maximum depth of 300 meters.

Temperatures on Fri afternoon hovered around 38C but the water was considerably colder

A robotic camera capable of combing the bottom of the lake has likewise been deployed and a specialist team of divers deployed.

A Declension Baby-sit spokesman said: "The family unit rented a boat from a local company for two and a half hours and were supposed to render information technology simply before the accident.

"The man dove to save his eldest child who was in trouble and managed to push him dorsum to the boat but then he got into trouble.

"It was very hot on Fri afternoon but the water was a proficient x degrees colder then he may have had a seizure due to the temperature shock.

"The search lasted nigh vii hours and concluded when information technology got dark, but has now resumed. The family unit is at their hotel with the police and a psychologist has been offered to help them.'

In July 2017, Londoner Gary Wood drowned in Lake Garda while trying to swim to an island off the declension, while in 1998 school principal Richard Harris, l, and his 2 sons, Timothy, 13, and Luke, 6, died afterward their boat a sudden tempest had sunk.

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