LIFEBOAT volunteers jumped into action to rescue three people trapped in mud.

Harwich RNLI crew was paged at 5.12pm on Thursday to assist two adults and a child who had become stuck in mud, waist deep in water on a rising tide.

The incident happened close to the Orwell Country Park near Ipswich.

Arriving within 35 minutes of being paged, the volunteers found two adults and one child in difficulty and with the tide still coming in.

The inshore lifeboat manoeuvred close enough to pull them aboard, where they were assessed by an RNLI trained casualty care volunteer.

The casualties were taken to the Orwell Yacht Club, where they were passed to the care of crews from the Coastguard and paramedics from the East of England Ambulance service.

One of the volunteers aboard, Leam Donn, 31, said: “It was inspiring to be a part of such a multi-agency operation with different teams working together seamlessly.

“This is why we train twice a week for different scenarios. It’s not often we get people stuck in mud round here but this service went well working as a team.”