Abandoned school uniform on beach sparks search
Hillhead Coastguard Rescue
Team and two independent life-boats from Gosport were involved in a search
operation this afternoon in the Lee-On Solent area following a report of clothes,
including a school uniform and damp towels which had been left on the beach at
Stokes Bay.
Teams searched the area for any sign of the owner of the clothes.
Dan Winter, UK Coastguard said,
"We didn’t know if or when this person may have gone into
the water so we had to initialise a search effort. Fortunately, no one has been
reported missing and it seems certain that this person is safe ashore
somewhere.
Now the summer school holidays are here to avoid incidents like
this in the future, we would ask all beachgoers to take their clothes home with
them, or use the bins on the beach if they are no longer needed."