Coastguard teams called out to assist police with the search for a missing teenager

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.

Coastguard volunteers met with family members and officers from Durham Constabulary to form a search plan.

Just 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."

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