Pensioner rescued and arrested on suspicion of drink and dangerous driving after car ends up submerged in North Sea near Hartlepool Marina
A pensioner has been arrested after emergency services were called to reports that a car was in the North Sea last night.
At around 9.50pm on Thursday, December 4, police were called to reports of a car in the sea in between the Headland and Hartlepool Marina.
Officers attended the scene, alongside Cleveland Fire Brigade and the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), and a 70-year-old man was safely removed from the car.
Cleveland Police said in a statement: “While he didn’t sustain any injuries, he was checked over by paramedics as a precaution.
“The 70-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving and is currently in police custody.”
A NEAS spokesperson said: "We were called to an incident at Middleton Beach, in Hartlepool, at 21.52 on Thursday, 4 December.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew, one rapid response paramedic and one duty officer to the incident. One patient refused treatment."
Three fires engines from Hartlepool and Thornaby also attended the scene and got the call to leave at 10.30pm.