THE occupants of a jet ski and a boat that collided near Brighton Palace Pier knew each other, police have confirmed.
A woman was taken to hospital after the coastguard, RNLI, police and ambulance service attended the incident earlier this afternoon.
A coastguard helicopter was also seen circling along Brighton seafront, with a rescuer dropped down on a winch to help the woman, who was on the jet ski.
She was then taken to the marina by lifeboat and transferred to an ambulance to go to hospital.
Emergency services were seen carrying the woman on a stretcher to the waiting ambulance.
A police spokesman said: “Just before 3.30pm a jet ski and a rigid inflatable boat were reported to have collided near Brighton Palace Pier and the woman on the jet ski was reported to have been injured.
“Emergency service attended the scene and the woman was taken to hospital with injuries which were not assessed as life-threatening.
“The occupants of both craft are understood to be known to each other and the collision is currently being treated as accidental.”
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