![Man pulled from sea off Deal during Coastguard and lifeboat rescue died](https://newsitn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Man-pulled-from-sea-off-Deal-during-Coastguard-and-lifeboat-730x502.jpg)
Man pulled from sea off Deal during Coastguard and lifeboat rescue died
A man pulled from the sea yesterday following a search and rescue mission was pronounced dead shortly after, police have confirmed.
Emergency services rushed to the Deal area after reports that someone was in the water.
![The emergency services had been called to Walmer Green, near Deal, to reports that someone was in the water. Picture: John Sheridan](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/_media/img/X9JA8HWCUEXQ59HZ9ZLU.jpg)
Coastguard and lifeguard crews joined the operation and the man was located and taken ashore.
Tragically, paramedics were unable to save him.
A Kent Police spokesman said this morning: “We were called by the coastguard just after midday after they recovered a man from the water in Deal.
“Officers attended, along with South East Coast Ambulance Service, and the man was pronounced deceased a short while later. His next of kin have been informed.
“His death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner.”
The coastguard helicopter and lifeboat crews had been scrambled at about 11.30am.
Eyewitnesses had yesterday seen a coastguard helicopter land at Walmer Green, near the Walmer RNLI station, and police and ambulance vehicles in the area.
KentOnline has contacted other rescue and emergency sevices about the tragedy.
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