A man's been saved by Cleethorpes Coastguard after getting into difficulty walking his dog
The man was eventually found, he'd spent the day at the beach and got disorientated while heading back
Last updated 6th Jan 2022
A man's been rescued by Cleethorpes Coastguard after getting into difficulty walking his dog in marshland near the leisure centre.
Two search teams were out looking for the man on Tuesday evening after a member of the public thought they'd heard a call for help.
Team one started from the last known location of the man at the Leisure Centre, and team two started from Leo’s Café along the foot/cycle path back towards the Leisure Centre.
The Coastguard carried out an extensive search on foot and in vehicles out onto the beach in the area of what is known locally as ‘Buck Beck Bench’ but did not see or hear anyone calling out.
In a statement on Facebook Cleethorpes Coastguard said:
"While waiting for an update to see if the helicopter could be tasked, our teams continued the search along the edge of the marshland. At 00:28 hours one of our team thought he heard shouting coming from the marsh, we concentrated our efforts in that area, after a short while, we could just make out a figure about 300 metres off shore in the middle of the marsh. We deployed a two-person immediate rescue team and had two others getting ready in dry suits to back them up to assist with the recovery of the casualty.
The casualty was a 57 year old male, he had been out on the beach for most of the day at Buck Bench, shortly before sunset he had started to make his way back to shore, unfortunately taking a route across the marshland as he did not know how treacherous the area is".
The man was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of extreme hypothermia having been out on the beach for more than 12 hours.