LATEST NEWS: Dramatic rescue of person from water by Inshore Lifeboat near Turnaware Bar

Falmouth's Inshore Weather Lifeboat was tasked at 15:39 on Saturday 5 December following a report of a oyster punt adrift off Turnaware Bar in the River Fal. While on route it was confirmed that a person had been sighted in the water nearby.

Once on scene the lifeboat crew entered the water and with the help of the first informants managed to recover the person from the water. He was then transferred to the Inshore Lifeboat before being taken by helicopter to Treliske Hospital. He is very lucky man and just glad to have survived.

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