Missing man search continues at Brancaster, Norfolk
The
search is resuming this morning for a 75-year-old man who went missing while
out with his family on a walk at Brancaster, Norfolk.
A 999
call was received yesterday reporting the man who was last seen around 5.10pm
yesterday on the beach heading towards Titchwell from Brancaster.
HM
Coastguard initially sent the Hunstanton and Wells Coastguard Rescue Teams
along with the lifeboat from Hunstanton. The HM Coastguard search and rescue
helicopter was sent from Humberside to join the search. Norfolk Police officers
were also involved.
Jordan
Grebby from HM Coastguard said: ‘An extensive search was carried out across the
Brancaster and Titchwell area overnight. The Coastguard rescue teams searched
the land and sea front while the lifeboat took on inlets and creeks and the
helicopter shoreline and creeks. At just before 2am today that search was
suspended but is now under way again.’
Norfolk
Police and the Coastguard Rescue Teams along with the Wells Inshore lifeboat are
now continuing the search for the missing man.
(Please
note: HM Coastguard has no further information – enquiries should now be
directed to Norfolk Police.)