A woman has been taken to hospital with a 'suspected broken leg' after falling from a pier off Cullercoats Bay.
On Sunday, July 10 at around 5.53pm, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade received a call to assist RNLI Beach Lifeguards at Cullercoats Bay to care for a 21 year-old man who had fallen from the pier on the south side of the Bay. It is understood the woman suffered a suspected broken leg.