Two people rescued from car near high tide point on Holy Island causeway
Seahouses RNLI Inshore Lifeboat was requested to launch by UK Coastguard at 2.50pm on Wednesday 14 August 2019, to go to the assistance of two people and a dog, in a car cut off by the tide on Holy Island Causeway, at the Holy Island side.
The rescue took place more than an hour after the end of safe crossing, and less than an hour before high tide. (Safe Crossing times for today were 6.05am - 1.30pm, High tide at Holy Island was at 3,24pm).
Visitors are reminded to always check safe crossing times, either at the approach to the causeway or online at https://www.visitnorthumberland.com/coast/holy-island/crossing-times
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