Sea search ends for missing man after sinking

Police are investigating after a rescue operation to find a man missing off the South Devon coast was stood down.

HM Coastguard launched the "extensive" search on Friday after a small vessel with two people on board sank.

One man was rescued by the all-weather lifeboat from Torbay after he was spotted floating with a lifejacket on, but a second man has not been found.

The search for the man, said to be in his 70s, has now been terminated, the Coastguard confirmed.

Devon and Cornwall Police said they were now investigating the incident in consultation with the Marine Accident Investigation Bureau (MAIB)

A HM Coastguard spokesman said: "One casualty was rescued by the lifeboat and passed into the care of Devon and Cornwall Police and the South Western Ambulance Service.

"After thorough searches conducted by all assets, the Coastguard search was terminated at around 7pm."

A police spokeswoman said: "The Coastguard have reported that they have recovered one man from the water who was checked over by the Ambulance Service.

"However one man in his 70s still remains outstanding at this time.

"His next of kin have been informed."

Niall Blatcher, spokesman for Torbay RNLI, said the rescued man had been in the water for about 20 minutes.

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