Lifeboat crew rescue man from water’s edge at Blackpool in early hours
A man was taken to hospital after being found collapsed on the water's edge at Blackpool by a lifeboat crew in the early hours of today.
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The inflatable was scrambled after reports a figure had been spotted on the beach walking towards sea by passers-by.
A Lifeboat spokesperson later tweeted: "RNLI volunteers were called out at 1:47am today to reports of a person possibly walking into the sea north of North Pier."The inshore lifeboat launched and located the casualty. The man had collapsed at the water's edge."