Teenage girl is fighting for life after being pulled from the sea as she was getting into difficulty
The child got into difficulty and was found face down in the North Sea at Whitley Bay beach in North Tyneside.
A major rescue operation was launched and the child was able to be recovered to shore, where she received medical attention and was airlifted to hospital.
She remains in a critical condition in hospital after the incident on Thursday afternoon.
The HM Coastguard was alerted to the incident at the coast near Spanish City car park.
A spokesperson for HM Coastguard said: 'A girl reported to be in difficulty in the water at Whitley Bay was recovered to shore by lifeguards and passed into the care of an air ambulance for transfer to hospital.
'HM Coastguard was informed at about 4.20pm on 24 July and sent an HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter, and Blyth and Newbiggin Coastguard Rescue Teams. The RNLI's all-weather lifeboat from Tynemouth was also sent as well as Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade. North East Ambulance Service and Northumbria Police were informed.'
During the incident, a police cordon was put in place on the promenade near Spanish City car park and a multi-agency presence remained in the area throughout the evening.
A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service said: 'We received a call at just after 4.40pm of a teenager found face down in the water and was being pulled onto the beach.
'We dispatched two paramedic ambulances, the air ambulance, a specialist critical care paramedic, a hazardous area response team (HART) crew and a duty officer. The patient was airlifted to hospital.'
A spokesperson for the Great North Air Ambulance Service said: 'Our critical care team was activated at 4.50pm to an incident on Whitley Bay beach. We had two doctors and a paramedic on board our aircraft and they arrived on scene at 5.06pm.
'Our team worked alongside the North East Ambulance Service to assess and treat a patient before airlifting them to hospital.'
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