Coastguard teams called out to assist police with the search for a missing teenager
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Sunderland and Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team were called out shortly after 6pm on Saturday, August 28, to help police carry out a search for a missing teenager in Crimdon.
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Hide AdJust as the search teams were being deployed, they received an update to say that the missing teenager had been located safe and well.
A spokesperson for the Coastguard said: “Coastguard officers from Sunderland and Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team were called out this evening to carry out a search for a missing teenager at Crimdon.
"We met with family members and officers from Durham Constabulary and a search plan was formulated.
"As search teams were deploying we received and update from the police that they had located the missing person away from the coast safe and well."