WINDSURFER PULLED FROM THE WATER OFF LANGSTONE HARBOUR

A windsurfer has been pulled from the water after apparently getting into difficulty just outside Langstone Harbour.

The Coastguard was contacted just after 12.15pm this afternoon by a dinghy that had spotted some windsurfing gear in the water and located a man face down. They pulled him on board and took him straight back to shore.

The Hayling Island Coastguard Rescue Team, the Coastguard helicopter from Lee-on-Solent, three RNLI lifeboats – one from Portsmouth and the two from Hayling Island – were sent to the scene, along with police and ambulance crews. 

The man was then flown by the Coastguard helicopter to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, where he was sadly pronounced deceased.

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