Five rescued after boat sinks off East Sussex
Emergency services were called out on Monday afternoon (August 12th)
Five people have been rescued after the boat they were on capsized and sank off the coast of East Sussex on Monday (August 12th).
Coastguards from Newhaven and Birling Gap were called out after reports of a small vessel getting into difficulty off Seaford at around 2.40pm.
A Newhaven RNLI lifeboat, ambulance teams and police all attended the scene.
HM Coastguard say the group in distress, which were all wearing life-jackets, were taken to shore by a jetski which was in the area.
They were taken into the care of the South East Coast Ambulance Service.