Casualty flown to RD&E
A swimmer’s been rescued off the coast of Dawlish after getting into difficulty in the water on the evening of Friday 29 September.
The volunteer crew of Exmouth RNLI sent the inshore lifeboat and attended to a reports of someone in difficulty in the sea about 500 metres east of Langstone Rock, Dawlish.
Local Coastguard Rescue Teams and an H.M. Coastguard Rescue Helicopter were also tasked to attend the incident.
The charity’s lifeboat made it towards the last reported position of the casualty, who had been discovered by a vessel in the area.
The swimmer was winched aboard the H.M. Coastguard Rescue helicopter and flown to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital. The condition of the casualty is not known at this time.
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