
Lymington rescues lady stuck in mud
Shortly before 4pm on Sunday the 13 October, the crew of the Lymington lifeboat were paged to reports of a lady stuck in the mud in the Bouldner Bay area on the Isle of Wight.
The lifeboat proceeded to Yarmouth where it was met with the Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ventnor and Needles.
A mud rescue team were placed on the lifeboat along with specialist mud rescue equipment before departing to the approximate location of the casualty.
The Fire and Rescue service were also in attendance but due to the complex coastline and location of the incident, could not reach the lady.
The lifeboat quickly located the casualty, who was stuck below the high water mark and along with the mud rescue team, two crew members were able to access the stuck lady and her two friends.
After another run back to Yarmouth on the lifeboat, further equipment and personnel were deployed to scene and the casualty was freed and extracted by stretcher back to Yarmouth for further medical assessment by the ambulance service.
All rescue assets were returned to Yarmouth by lifeboat and were stood down to return to station.
The lifeboat crew then had their next task… to clean the mud coated boat!
Helmsman James Douch said:
‘We could not have executed this rescue without the specialist skills and equipment of the Coastguard Mud Rescue Team.
‘The casualties did the correct thing by calling for help as soon as the situation developed and twinned with the teamwork between the RNLI, Coastguard, Ambulance, and Fire and Rescue Service, this was a great outcome.’
Suzanne Brown, Lifeboat Press Officer, Lymington Lifeboat Station [email protected].uk
Hatti Mellor, Regional Media Officer, SE and London (07785) 296252 [email protected]
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