MAN RESCUED FROM MUD AT NEW BRIGHTON

Press Notice No: 24-11                                                          30 January, 2011

Liverpool Coastguard have this afternoon co-coordinated a multi-agency rescue of a 35 year old man who became stuck in mud whilst walking on the beach at New Brighton. 
Following several 999 reports of the man shouting for help, Liverpool Coastguard tasked the Hoylake and Crosby Coastguard Rescue team and requested the fire service rescue boat and land units, together with the RNLI hovercraft from New Brighton.  
Fire service personnel were able to extricate the man from the mud and transfer him to the hovercraft. After initially declining medical assistance, the man (who had been trapped in the mud for 45 minutes) complained of pains in the arm and so an ambulance was requested. The man was transferred to the ambulance at New Brighton.  
Liverpool Coastguard Watch Manager Paul Parkes said:
This man was extremely lucky that the tide was still going out. Had the tide been flooding it would have been a desperate race against time to free the man from the mud” however, this was a good example of a multi agency response.  
In another incident a man became stuck in quicksand at Arnside but friends managed to free him from the mud before the Arnside Coastguard arrived.  
We would like to remind people walking on the beach to always be aware of the dangers of mud and quick sand and if you are unfortunate enough to get into difficulty call the coastguard straight away

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