The 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition, paralysed from the neck down, as his mum speaks out to raise awareness.

A mum has issued a stark warning to others after her 17-year-old son suffered a horrific and devastating injury while diving ...

A Perth teenager has been left instantly paralysed from the chest down after breaking his neck in a freak ocean accident.

Matthew Haylett dived headfirst into the water at Mullaloo Beach on Saturday, unaware there was a sandbank. His friend, Camden Atfield, told 9 News Perth he had rushed into the water to rescue him.