Fisherman rescued after suffering severe cut in middle of The Wash in Hunstanton RNLI’s first call-out of the year

A fisherman with a severe injury was rushed to hospital after being saved by a lifeboat crew in their first call-out of the year.

Volunteers from Hunstanton RNLI were called to the middle of The Wash just before 1pm after a man suffered a severe cut to his hand onboard a boat on Thursday, February 1.

Teams took 20 minutes to reach the scene, where the man’s condition was assessed before taking him ashore to the lifeboat station.

He was then brought to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.

Jeff Lenton, one of the deputy launching authorities at Hunstanton RNLI, said: “From an operational point of view it all went very well.”