Mountain Rescue crews were called out to several major incidents across Scotland over the bank holiday weekend. Multi-agency responses were scrambled to scenic beauty spots after hill walkers got into trouble at the scenic locations.
The first incident saw a person plunge from coastal rocks on Killiedraught Bay in Eyemouth at 1.05pm on Sunday May 7. Crews from Berwick Coastguard Rescue team, Dunbar Coastguard and RNLI Eyemouth Lifeboat attended and on arrival, a hiker was found injured.
They were provided medical assistance at the scene. Dramatic images from the rescue mission show teams searching through rocky terrain before carrying the casualty on a stretcher to a nearby beach for assessment.
A statement from Eyemouth Coastguard read: "Eyemouth Coastguard along with Berwick Coastguard rescue team were tasked on Sunday to locate a person who had fallen on the rocks and sustained injuries. Teams quickly arrived on scene and located the casualty on the Killiedraught bay and provided casualty care.
"RNLI Eyemouth Lifeboat was requested and launched so the casualty could be safely evacuated from the bay back to Eyemouth harbour where the ambulance was awaiting. Dunbar Coastguard was also tasked in case the lifeboat was unable to safely remove the casualty but were stood down on route.
"The casualty’s family did exactly the right thing by remembering in an emergency at the coast dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard. We wish the casualty a speedy recovery."
Meanwhile a dad and son were airlifted to hospital after sustaining injuries in a horror fall down a hill by Loch Lomond. It is understood the child slipped on Conic Hill, near Balmaha, during their descent and in panic, his dad broke his ankle trying to save his son.
The coastguard, Scottish Ambulance Service and Loch Lomond Mountain Rescue were called to the scene around 1pm.
The pair were taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment by air ambulance.
A coastguard statement read: "The HM Coastguard helicopter from Prestwick was sent to rescue a man and a boy with injuries from a fall at Conic Hill, near Balmaha, on Sunday 7th May.
"The alarm was raised at about 1pm to reports of a man with a fractured ankle and a boy with a fractured wrist. The Scottish Ambulance Service and Loch Lomond Mountain Rescue Team were also sent to help.
"The helicopter picked up both casualties and flew them to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow."
Yesterday, a mountain biker is said to have been seriously injured following an accident on the Tarland Trails in Aberdeenshire at 8pm. Braemar Mountain Rescue Team evacuated the 40-year-old woman, who is believed to have suffered suspected spinal injuries, and passed them on to the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Her current condition is not known.
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