Man dies after falling from Blackpool Pier as police launch urgent appeal

A man has died after falling from the North Pier in Blackpool.

Emergency responders arrived at the scene at around 7.15pm last night.

The North West Ambulance Service attempted to revive the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene, LancsLive reports.

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Police have launched an urgent appeal to help identify the man and have asked anyone with information to reach out and contact Lancashire Constabulary.

A spokeswoman for the force said: "At around 19:15 yesterday evening (Friday 27th June) we were called by our colleagues at NWAS to reports that a man had fallen from the North Pier in Blackpool.

"Officers attended, and very sadly despite the best efforts of emergency services, the man was pronounced deceased at the scene.

"Enquiries are ongoing to identify the man and we’d ask anyone with information that could assist us to contact 101 quoting log 1230 of 27th June."

Last year, a woman was injured and taken to hospital after falling through a large section of Blackpool pier. Witnesses at the beach initially feared she had died. Lancashire Police confirmed that a woman plummeted through the wooden structure was taken to hospital for treatment.

A witness at the beach with his children told Manchester Evening News in August: "I was walking the beach with my kids and heard a thud. A huge thud next to me nearly on top of my head.

"A lady ploughed to the floor, smashing through the Central Pier. I was absolutely terrified... I thought she was dead." Horrified witnesses watched on, many of whom were on the beach with their children at the time, as crews rushed to the woman's aid.

That accident came less than two months after a young boy was left in a vegetative state after somersaulting off Margate stone pier.

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