A "despondent" driver was found trying to drive to Formby.
HM Coastguard Holyhead received reports of a "despondent" man driving a vehicle initially reported on Southport beach at around 9.55pm on Thursday, June 2. The coastguard tasked Southport Lifeboat with the job of recovering the man and the vehicle with quad bikes being deployed to the beach. Shortly afterwards they found a vehicle in difficulty north of Southport pier but quickly found that this was not the person of interest.
The quads were redeployed south and conducted a tideline and beach search towards Formby. The coastguard and Southport Lifeboat soon received information that the casualty had been located inland. As the Lifeboat quads returned to base they were retasked with assisting with the recovery of the vehicle that the man had been driving.
