Person ‘shouting for help in the water’ by Eastbourne taken to hospital

Eastbourne RNLI said its volunteer crew was paged at 1.10pm on Tuesday, August 16, because of the person in the water close to Beachy Head Lighthouse.

An RNLI spokesperson said: “Our inshore lifeboat and volunteer crew were quickly on scene, the casualty still calling for help and in a distressed state was located and recovered onto the lifeboat.

“Due to the deteriorating condition of the casualty, who had been in the sea for quite some time, the decision was made to take the casualty to Holywell where an ambulance had been requested to attend.”

The RNLI said a coastguard rescue helicopter was also called, which lowered its paramedic winchman onto the beach and assisted with the incident.

The person was then transferred to hospital, according to the RNLI.

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