A man stuck in quicksand as the tide rushed in was pulled out in what rescuers describe as a ‘close call’.

Bay Search and Rescue said only the man’s head, chest, one arm and part of a leg were visible when they arrived to help.

The victim had become trapped at Silverdale in Morecombe Bay in Lancashire on Saturday morning, with a 999 call made at 11.30am.

The rescue team said the tide was ‘rapidly pushing into the bay’ and the man was suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion.

Posting on their Facebook page, they said: ‘Our crew inflated two Inflatable Rescue Air Pathways so we could safely reach him, and informed Holyhead MRCC of his exact location.

‘One pathway [was] behind him to prevent him sinking further and the other in front [and] we carefully worked to free him.

‘After just a

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