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Maria Cassidy

Air ambulance and emergency services called to cliff 'rescue' in Seaham

Emegency services were called to Seaham seafront after reports of a person who had fallen from a cliff.

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) and the Air Ambulance were called to Seaham seafront at around 5.06pm on Wednesday evening after it was reported a person had fallen from a cliff and was injured near the promenade.

NEAS dispatched three hazardous response teams, two paramedics, an air ambulance and a clinical team leader.

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On arrival, emergency services were stood down as the person was climbing up the cliffs, and, thankfully, were not injured however needed to be rescued by the Coastguard.

A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 5.06pm this evening to a report of a man who it was believed had fallen from the cliffs and was injured. We deployed three ambulance response teams, two paramedics, the air ambulance and a clinical team leader.

"However, after arriving at the scene we were stood down as the person was in-fact climbing up the cliff. He was not injured and didn’t require medical attention, but he did have to be rescued.”

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