Overview

• Exmouth Police said Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat’s inshore vessel ‘Speedy Sid’ recovered the man from rocks and he was pronounced dead on the beach.
• Officers worked alongside Exmouth and Beer Coastguard Search & Rescue Teams, a coastguard helicopter and South West Ambulance Service during the operation.
• The incident occurred under High Peak at Big Picket Rock between Ladram Bay and Jacobs Ladder at Sidmouth in Devon.
• Short closures on the seafront facilitated emergency access, including a coastguard helicopter landing, before the area reopened.
• The man’s family has been informed, formal identification is proceeding through the coroner, and local messages have thanked responders.