Police helicopter search after reports of woman’s shouts for help in Broadstairs

Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs

The Kent Police helicopter was called out to search over Dumpton and Broadstairs last night (March 10) following reports of a woman in distress.

Kent Police was called at 9.35pm by concerned residents in the Broadstairs station area who heard a person shouting for help near the railway bridge at Ramsgate Road, near East Kent College.

A police spokesman said: “We were called at 9.25pm  to concerns from residents a person had been heard shouting for help in an area close to a railway bridge over Ramsgate Road.

“A police helicopter assisted a search of the area, but no one was located. “