Lagoon fenced off after mother and daughter stuck in 'quicksand'
A mother and daughter became stranded waist-deep in wet sand at Three Shells Lagoon last week
An Essex council say they're taking an incident, which saw a mother and daughter stuck in wet sand, 'extremely seriously.'
On the 10th of March a manager at Adventure Island in Southend spotted a mother and her young daughter stranded in the Three Shells Lagoon.
The theme park say the pair were waist deep in the sand and the tide was coming in. The manager then alerted members of the workshop team, who brought ropes to secure around them and pulled them to safety.
It's understood no-one was hurt during the incident.
In a post on social media Adventure Island said it was 'concerning' that there were no warning signs or barriers installed following the incident.
Southend-on-Sea City council has since closed the Three Shells Lagoon and said: "We are treating the Three Shells Lagoon incident extremely seriously. The fencing and safety signage has now been extended and reinforced so that the whole area is now fenced off while the works in the sand are completed and monitored.
"In the meantime, our engineers are looking at a range of options for the lagoon. Any options are likely to require planning applications and coastal licensing approvals. Public safety comes first therefore the lagoon will remain closed until we are confident it’s safe to reopen it.
"We will continue to update residents as this work progresses."