A WOMAN has tragically died in hospital after she was pulled from the sea at a popular UK beach.
Emergency services raced to the scene on the Promenade, opposite the Belvedere Hotel in Blackpool yesterday.
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Lancashire Police, HM Coastguard and the town’s beach patrol all responded to the incident.
Officers have confirmed that a woman in her 30s was rushed to hospital after receiving treatment on the scene.
She has since sadly passed away and her next of kin has been informed.
Cops said the tragic death is not being treated as suspicious, a file is being prepared for the coroner.
A spokesperson for the force said: “We were called at about 10am today, August 25, following reports a woman had been pulled from the sea opposite the Belvedere Hotel at Blackpool.
“Despite the best efforts of emergency services at the scene and at the hospital, the woman sadly later died.
“Following enquiries, the woman, in her thirties, has now been identified and her next of kin has been informed.
“Our thoughts are with her loved ones.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be prepared for HM Coroner.”
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