A MAN suffering from a leg injury and chest complaints was rescued from rocks on Clacton seafront.

Clacton RNLI was called to the rocks east of Clacton Pier at about 12.30pm.

Tendring Council’s Beach Patrol was alerted by Thames Coastguard to two men, thought to be aged in their 30s and from the Clacton area, who were stranded on the rocks.

A spokesman for Clacton RNLI said: “Clacton Beach Patrol assessed the situation and discovered one of the men had injured his leg and was also complaining of chest pains.

“As it was high tide the men were unable to get off the rock and the injured man could not get back up onto the promenade, so they called for the aid of Clacton RNLI’s D-Class inshore lifeboat.

“Crew member Danny Thatcher got on to the rocks, where he was helped by members of the beach patrol and the coastguard to put the man on a stretcher and get him into the lifeboat.”

The lifeboat took the man to the slipway, next to Clacton Pier, where he was met by ambulance crews.

The man was treated at the scene by paramedics, but he declined to be taken to hospital.

A ladder was used to rescue the other man.

The spokesman added: “This was a fantastic team effort by the lifeboat crew, the beach patrol, the coastguard, the police and the ambulance service, who all worked well together to rescue the men.”

The lifeboat returned to the station by 1.15pm.