Woman's body is found floating in the sea off a beach in Essex

Woman’s body is found floating in the sea off a beach in Essex as temperatures soar to 71F during bout of scorching weather

  • Emergency services were called to a beach near Chalkwell, Essex, this morning
  • A spokesman for Essex Police later confirmed a woman had died at the scene
  • Witnesses suggested the popular beach was already busy when police arrived

A woman’s body has been recovered at a popular seaside resort as temperatures rocketed to 71F.

Emergency services were called to the beach in Chalkwell, Essex, this morning at about 10.15am following reports of a person in difficulties.

A stretch of the beach was closed off as Essex Police, Southend Coastguard, the air ambulance and the RNLI attended the scene.

The woman’s body was recovered from popular Chalkwell beach in Essex (stock image)

Officers later confirmed a woman had died.

A spokesman for Essex Police said the unidentified woman’s death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.

They added: ‘We were called by colleagues in the coastguard to concerns for the welfare of a woman in the water at 10.15am this morning, Monday 7 June.

‘We arrived and sadly found a woman had died.

‘We are at the scene alongside colleagues in the ambulance service and will issue a further update when we can.’

Witnesses suggested the beach was already busy with sunseekers when police arrived this morning, according to the Evening Standard. 

It was suggested the beach area was already busy with people when emergency services arrived today (stock image)

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘I can confirm EEAST responded to an emergency call shortly after 10am regarding an incident in Chalkwell.

‘We sent an ambulance and two rapid response cars to the scene.

‘Sadly, despite the best efforts of all involved, the patient had died.’

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