Man taken to hospital after being rescued from River Wyre mudflats in Thornton
Emergency services - including the Coastguard - were deployed to the river last night...
A man was rescued from the mudflats on the River Wyre in Thornton last night.
Emergency services were alerted to a ‘concern for welfare’ involving a man on the mudflats between Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club and Skippool Creek at around 9pm.
Police, paramedics, fire crews, and HM Coastguard attended and a rescue operation was launched.
Lancashire Police said the man, who remains unidentified at this time, was rescued by the crew of a Coastguard lifeboat. He was brought ashore and taken to hospital.
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A police spokesperson said: “We got a report from the coastguard at just before 9pm yesterday of a man on the mud flats between Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club and Skippool Creek.
“Emergency services attended and the man, who is unidentified at this time, was rescued and taken to hospital.”
A spokesperson for HM Coastguard added: “We sent three Coastguard Rescue Teams and a lifeboat to an incident reported at the River Wyre, Thornton, at about 8pm on August 27.”