Morecambe’s lifeboat crew go to aid of man in water

They were responding to reports from a man, who had contacted the emergency services using his mobile phone and believed to be in low mood, that had entered the water in the Battery area.

Within 10 minutes of the request, the inshore rescue hovercraft was launched onto the ebbing tide; while more crew members remained on standby with the inshore lifeboat, in case they were needed to assist in a search. The man, who was described as being heavily intoxicated by alcohol, made his own way to shore as the hovercraft arrived on scene; where he was taken into police custody, before being transferred to hospital, suffering from cold. Both rescue craft were then stood down and returned to station.

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