Lifeboat rescues injured man from beach

A man had to be rescued by lifeboat crews after injuring his ankle on Easington Beach.
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RNLI volunteers from Hartlepool were called out at 2.19pm on Monday, August 3 to help the Coastguard and a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART).

An inshore lifeboat, Solihull, was launched at 2.37pm and was on scene 20 minutes later. The injured man was placed aboard the lifeboat along with a member of the HART team, then brought back to the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 3.25pm where an ambulance took him to hospital.

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Hartlepool RNLI lifeboat operations manager, Chris Hornsey, said: “Once again a quick response from our volunteer crewmembers and then working alongside the other emergency services brought the incident to a successful conclusion.

A man had to be rescued by lifeboat crews after injuring his ankle on Easington Beach.A man had to be rescued by lifeboat crews after injuring his ankle on Easington Beach.
A man had to be rescued by lifeboat crews after injuring his ankle on Easington Beach.

“We hope the casualty makes a quick recovery.”

The inshore lifeboat was refuelled and ready for service again by 4pm.

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