Emergency services called to report of despondent person on Wearmouth Bridge

Emergency services were called to Sunderland’s Wearmouth Bridge today after concern for a person on the wrong side of the railings.
By Kevin Clark
Published 6th Nov 2020, 20:45 BST
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Coastguard, RNLI volunteers, ambulance staff and police attended today, Friday, November 6.

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An HM Coastguard spokeswoman said: “We were notified by police at 16.40 this afternoon. There was a despondent person on the wrong side of the railings.

The incident happened on the Wearmouth Bridge.The incident happened on the Wearmouth Bridge.
The incident happened on the Wearmouth Bridge.
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"The Sunderland Coastguard Rescue Team, the inshore lifeboat, Northumbria Police and the North East Ambulance Service attended.

"The person was taken into the care of the police.”

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