A man who was found unresponsive in the water has been reported safe and well.

A police spokesman said that officers and first responders were called to Sandys Dock in Devonshire at about 4.25pm on Thursday, when they saw a man floating in the water.

Officers called to the man but received no response and they later alerted the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coastguard for assistance.

Members of the coastguard soon arrived and pulled the man from the water on to the boat.

He was taken to nearby Devonshire Dock and attended to by EMTs before being transported to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for further treatment.

A police spokesman said at last check the man was alert and talking.

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