Man dies after falling overboard from a boat off Bembridge
A man who was pulled from the sea off the Isle of Wight has died
The alarm was raised after an empty small boat, which was seen drifting, had come ashore at Whitecliff Bay on Monday afternoon.
The coastguard helicopter, sea rescue teams and RNLI lifeboats were alerted and began searching.
Lifeboat crews pulled the man from the sea and he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Hampshire Police said: "We were called at 3.20pm by the Coastguard reporting an incident near Sandhills Holiday Park, Isle of Wight.
A vessel had washed ashore, and a man was pulled from the water.
He was taken to hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead.
The death is not being treated as suspicious, and the man’s next of kin have been informed".