[20 AUG 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Skegness Sea Rescue For Coventry Surfer

A Coventry holidaymaker had to be rescued Baywatch-style after he got into difficulties in the sea at Skegness today.

Martin Wood, aged 35, had to be pulled from the sea after he was spotted shouting for help 150 yards away from the shore at Ingoldmells beach.

He had gone out in the sea on a beach board.

Members of the public spotted him in trouble at 8am, and an air-sea rescue was launched.

He was saved by two members of the Skegness Rescue Team and taken to Skegness hospital suffering from hypothermia.