Camber Sands Beach Sea Tragedy

More people have died on the beach of Camber Sands on Wednesday.

19:37 25 August 2016

Two bodies were found on the beach of Camber Sands at about 20:00 BST on Wednesday. A search is under way for a third person missing at the East Sussex beach. Seven other people have died around the British coastline since Friday.

 

Richard Tollett, lifeboat operations manager at Rye Harbour, said: "As the tide has receded it has left a couple more bodies on the beach in the sand.

 

"A member of the public found them and that person reported another one in the water so we have got two lifeboats and a helicopter searching the area trying to find the other one."

 

The cause of death is yet to be established.

 

Ch Supt Di Roskilly said: "This has been an incredibly tragic situation. At this stage we are doing all we can to establish who the men are and to identify next of kin."

 

Meanwhile, a council spokesman said: "While it's very upsetting to see two similar, tragic incidents this summer, over the years these kind of incidents are extremely rare and on a fine day around 25,000 people use the beach safely."

 

"Although it's too early to draw any conclusions from this latest incident, in recent years we have seen a change in the make-up of visitors to Camber, including more people from outside the area who are not familiar with the sea and the dangers it can pose.”