Woman On Inner Tube Being Swept Out By Tide Rescued

MATTITUCK, NY — A woman on an inner tube being swept out with the tide was rescued in Mattituck Friday, police said.

According to Southold Town Police, the incident took place at 2:24 p.m. on Breakwater Road; an anonymous call came in that a woman, Lauren Livingston, 41, of Mattituck, was on an inner tube float in the inlet and being taken out by the tide.

Southold Town lifeguard Molly Tuthill, 17, saw Livingston in distress and swam out to her, but soon realized that the current was too strong and made the decision to signal an incoming civilian boat, police said.

The civilian boat picked up both Tuthill and Livingston and took them to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation boat ramp, police said.

A DEC police boat arrived on the scene and escorted the civilian boat into the dock, police said. Both Livingston and Tuthill were uninjured and neither required medical assistance, police said.

Livingston was picked up by her husband and Tuthill was taken back to her post at Breakwater Beach, police said.