Major incident on busy beach as two people rushed to hospital

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Two people have been rushed to hospital after emergency services raced to a busy beach following 'major incident'.An air ambulance scrambled to Bournemouth beach this afternoon before emergency services evacuated crowds from the area.Onlookers say they saw three young men, possibly teenagers, being carried out to sea in the incident just after 4.30pm.

One witness told the Mirror at least one patient received CPR on the sand. A spokesman for local police said: "Dorset Police received a report at 4.32pm on Wednesday 31 May 2023 from the ambulance service requesting assistance on the beach off Bournemouth Pier. "Officers are currently in attendance clearing the area to assist HM Coastguard and the ambulance service, who are dealing with the incident."Multiple emergency service vehicles were potted at the scene.South Western Ambulance Service confirmed two people were taken to hospital following the "sea incident".A woman on a day out with her family said paramedics treated one person on the sand, and then another victim around 10 minutes later.Ritta Saruchera said her daughter and her friend were in the sea at the time when they saw what happened.She said: "They were coming back out of the water when they saw a teenage boy struggling.

There was another one floating in the water."We went to get help from the lifeguard and inform them of what was happening. There were three young men out there and they have been searching for a fourth."Paul Moyce, 61, said he believed those involved had been jumping into the sea off the pier.He said: "I think they went off the end of the pier and went out too far.