Emergency services search for man who 'got into difficulty in water' at Sheffield park

Emergency services are desperately searching for a man who was seen struggling in the water at a Sheffield park.

Police said they were called to Crookes Valley Park at 7.31pm today, Sunday, July 18, to concerns that a man had ‘got into difficulty in the water’.

A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police said at 9.30pm: “Multiple agencies responded, and are now doing everything they can to find him.”

She added: “Please avoid the area while the teams carry out their work.”

Emergency services at Crookes Valley Park, Sheffield, where a search was launched after a man got into difficulties in the waterplaceholder image
Emergency services at Crookes Valley Park, Sheffield, where a search was launched after a man got into difficulties in the water
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