BREAKING: The body of a missing holidaymaker has been found at cliffs near a tourist hotspot. The man was reported missing from an Exmouth campsite last night, seeing emergency services race to the area.
The body of a missing holidaymaker has been found at cliffs near a tourist hotspot.
The man was reported missing from an Exmouth campsite last night, with emergency services racing to the scene. Officers said they found the body of a man in his 60s at the base of a cliff at Orcombe Point several hours later.A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said: ‘Police were called at around 7.30pm on Monday following reports of a person missing from a holiday park in the Exmouth area.‘Officers, along with support from National Police Air Service and the RNLI assisted with searches. At around 8.40pm a body was located at the base of the cliffs in Exmouth.
‘The body was taken to shore and pronounced deceased a short time later, and is that of a man in his 60s from the Northamptonshire area; his next of kin have been informed.NPAS South West Region tweeted: ‘Our sad duty yesterday was to locate this man visually from the aircraft on an inaccessible beach and then talk the @RNLI onto his position – our thoughts are with his family and friends at this awful time.
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