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# Young female rescued from Tamar Bridge
- URL: https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tamar-bridge-closed-in-both-directions-amid-concern-for-welfare-incident/
- Published: 2026-07-25T22:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T20:21:28.000Z
- Author: Seamus McCoy
- Tags: Tamar Bridge, News, #editors-picks

The Tamar Bridge was closed for nearly five hours overnight after emergency services responded to a concern for welfare incident.

Police, paramedics, firefighters, HM Coastguard and the RNLI all responded to the incident. 

Thankfully, a young female was brought to safety from the wrong side of the vehicle cantilever at around 2.15am.

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