Calshot RNLI Lifeboat launch after traffic accident fears person in water
On Tuesday 22 October at 8.54pm Calshot RNLI D Class Lifeboat 'Willet' was tasked to join a multi-agency search of the water at Cobden Bridge after fears a person had ended up in the water following a road traffic accident.
Alongside the Police and Hill Head Coastguard Rescue Team on shore, Calshot's volunteer crew joined Hamble Lifeboat and Bristow Group Helicopter R175 to search the water.
After an extensive search no persons were found to be in distress and all services were stood down at 11.05pm.
Calshot's volunteer crew returned the D Class Lifeboat to station and made it ready again for service.
The call came in just 5 minutes before the end of the BBC Two series Saving Lives at Sea episode that featured Calshot Lifeboat Station.
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Media Contacts
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Laura Bean, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Office 07772 529985 [email protected]
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Paul Dunt, Regional Media Officer, London and South East 07785 296252 [email protected]
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For enquiries outside normal business hours, contact the RNLI duty press officer on (01202) 336789
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