Jet skier pulled from the sea after breakdown off the coast of Hartlepool

The Humber Coastguard base alerted the Hartlepool Coastguard Team and the town’s RNLI volunteers just after 4.15pm on Sunday, October 25, after reports of a jet ski in trouble off the coast of Newburn Bridge.

While one person on board had managed to get back to shore, a man was helped out of the water after after they were found clinging onto an outfall pipe.

He had been in the water for some time and was given care by the lifeboat crew once he had been pulled into the team’s boat.

A spokesperson for the Coastguard team said: “Upon arrival the jet ski was found to be broken down with two casualties trying to get it back ashore.

"The craft was drifting further out to sea so we asked for assistance from Hartlepool RNLI to help recover the craft.

"One casualty had managed to swim ashore while the other was recovered from the water by the inshore lifeboat.

"Casualty care was administered and the craft was towed back to the yacht club slip.”

A spokesperson for the RNLI team added: “The inshore lifeboat Solihull and volunteer crew launched at 4.34pm and were at the scene of the incident a few minutes later, where it was discovered that one person had made their own way to the shore but one person was still in the water holding on to an outfall pipe having attempted to swim ashore.

"The casualty who had been in the water for a considerable time and was extremely cold was taken aboard the inshore lifeboat.

"The volunteer crew provided casualty care and transferred the person to the nearby Tees and Hartlepool Yacht Club slipway, where the local Coastguard team were waiting to offer support.

"The inshore lifeboat returned to Newburn Bridge where a tow was attached to the personal water craft and it was then towed back to the Tees and Hartlepool Yacht Club slipway.

"The inshore lifeboat then returned to the Ferry Road boathouse where it was refuelled and made ready for service by 5.45pm.”

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