Dramatic rescue after 12-year-old boy trapped in rocks on Selsey beach

The Selsey Coastguard rescue team launched at 2pm yesterday afternoon (Friday 26) to reports of a boy whose leg was trapped in the rock armour on the west side of Selsey.

With the tide still rising, the boy managed to free his leg shortly before the rescue team arrived and scrambled up the rocks to avoid breaking waves.

Pictures showed the boy suffered injuries to his leg, so the team used a basket stretched to move him from the rocks for treatment.