Overview
- Emergency services were called to Marine Parade East on Clacton Beach after a medical emergency that left a man in difficulty in the water.
- A 69-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene despite treatment by coastguard teams, RNLI volunteers, ambulance crews and an air ambulance.
- A critical care crew from Essex & Herts Air Ambulance was dispatched at 11:18am as part of the multi-agency response to the incident.
- Essex Police say they are treating the death as unexpected and not suspicious and will compile a file for the coroner to determine cause and circumstances.
- The response highlights how local maritime and medical teams work together at coastal incidents and that coroners in the UK review unexpected deaths to establish official causes.