Coastguard and ambulance crew stood and watched as tide submerged woman who died after her head got stuck between rocks because they ‘weren’t wearing protective clothing’, inquest hears

Ambulance crew and the Coastguard stood waiting for firefighters as the tide came in and submerged a woman whose head was stuck in the rocks on a Suffolk beach, an inquest has heard.

Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, died on February 2, 2025, after falling head-first while walking her dog with her daughter on The Esplanade in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Richard Lark, a watch manager at Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, told the inquest at Suffolk Coroner’s Court that he had asked ambulance crews if they had been down to assess the mother. 

‘I asked the ambulance service if they had been down to her, and

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