COUPLE IN CAR RESCUED FROM HOLY ISLAND CAUSEWAY
A couple have been rescued by helicopter from their car on Humber Coastguard received the call at 12.30 this afternoon after the couple initially dialed 999 and asked for the Police but were transferred to the Coastguard. The couple were extremely concerned as the tide was rising and the water was level with the seats in their car. Humber Coastguard sent the Humber Coastguard Watch Manager Fran Wilkins said: "We deal with incidents on a fairly regular basis where people cross the causeway either by foot or by car and become cut off by the tide. We would ask members of the public to pay close attendance to the signage either side of the causeway that advises of the times the causeway is safe to cross. In this case the causeway closed at 11.10 and the couple called us at 12.30 to raise the alarm.” |