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Two feared trapped in culvert pipe in St Leonards Search for two feared trapped in culvert pipe in St Leonards stood down
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Emergency services are responding to reports that two people have been trapped in a floodwater culvert pipe in East Sussex. A search for two people reported to have been trapped in a floodwater culvert pipe in East Sussex, has been stood down.
Crews were called to the scene, in Bexhill Road on St Leonards seafront, just after 14:00 BST. Crews were called to the scene, in Bexhill Road near St Leonards seafront, just after 14:00 BST.
Coastguard rescue teams and police divers are involved in the search. Police said a man walking in Cinque Ports Way had reported a man and woman trapped, after hearing voices through a drainage pipe.
Fire crews, the police and Southern Water are also in attendance. Fire crews went into the culvert but could not find anyone.
Sussex Police and the coastguard had also joined in the search, which was stood down at about 18:15 BST.
Sgt Stella Wells, from Sussex Police, said: "After receiving the report of two people trapped, we did all we could in the rising tide to find them.
"It is possible that the voices the man heard were an echo from people standing outside the pipe.
"We haven't found the people and the specialist search team will make a search of the culvert at low tide as a precautionary measure."