Man airlifted to hospital after sea rescue in Essex

A man's been airlifted to hospital, from a boat off the Essex coast.

The rescue operation took place yesterday morning.

HM Coastguard said: "At around 8.30am yesterday morning (Sunday 29 September), HM Coastguard received reports of a vessel in difficulties at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex.

"An HM Coastguard Rescue Helicopter and RNLI Clacton and Harwich lifeboats were called to the scene, alongside Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRTs) from Clacton, Walton and Holbrook and East of England Ambulance Service.

"A casualty was removed from the vessel by a winchman paramedic and taken to hospital by air for onward medical treatment. The vessel was towed to Shotley by lifeboat, where it was secured by coastguards."

A spokesperson from the East of Engkland Ambulance Service said: "We were called to the incident at 9.07 yesterday. We sent a car and an ambulance and worked with the Coastguard service to winch the patient onto a search and rescue aircraft."

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