Late night shout for Hartlepool RNLI
Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat and volunteer crew were tasked at 10.55pm on Monday 18 September to search for a missing person in the piers area near to the Hartlepool Marina entrance.
The inshore lifeboat launched at 11.10pm but was stood down shortly afterwards by Humber Coastguard following reports that the missing person had been located.
The inshore lifeboat returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station and was made ready for service by 11.25pm
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For more information please telephone Tom Collins, Hartlepool RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 07896 793557
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