A large-scale search and rescue operation has taken place off the Cornish coast after a member of the public reported that two men had been swept from rocks into the sea.
One man was recovered by a coastguard helicopter and taken to hospital by air ambulance. No details of his condition have been released.
The search for the second man was suspended overnight but due to be resumed again at 7am. The pair are believed to have been fishing.
Emergency services were called to the incident at Treyarnon Bay, near Padstow on the north Cornish coast, at about 2.35pm on Monday.
Several coastguard teams have been involved in the search, along with Devon and Cornwall police and South Western ambulance service.
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Treyarnon Bay is popular with families, swimmers and anglers. On Monday the weather was warm, there was a gentle onshore wind and the waves were no more than 1.2 metres (4ft) high.
Shortly after 9pm the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the search had been suspended for the night.
A spokesperson said: “The search for a man who is missing off the coast of Treyarnon has been completed for this evening with nothing found. A further search will resume [on Tuesday] morning at 7.00 am.
“The UK coastguard received a 999 call [Monday] afternoon to report that two men had been washed off the rocks into the sea. One was recovered from the sea within minutes of the 999 call but despite an intensive search for the second man involving the coastguard helicopter, coastguard rescue teams, lifeboats, lifeguards and Devon and Cornwall police, the missing man could not be found.”
