A hero lifeboat crew was scrambled after young child plummeted 15ft from rocks at an East Lothian harbour.
The youngster fell near Johnston's Hole in Dunbar, East Lothian, at 5.35pm on Sunday, June 25. It triggered a huge emergency response including RNLI teams, paramedics, police and firefighters.
Crews treated the 11-year-old, who had slipped from a ledge, reports the Record. He was put into a neck brace to become stabilised before being transferred onto a lifeboat by RNLI crews. The youngster was then handed over to medics and taken to Edinburgh’s Sick Kids hospital.
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His current condition is unknown. Dramatic images from the rescue operation show the child being hauled over the shoreline to safety via a stretcher.
Another shows crews work at the base of the rocky cliffs. ILB helm Alan Blair said: “Owing to the tricky location of the casualty and the fact that we were dealing with an incoming tide, on the advice of the paramedics on scene, it was decided the safest option was to move the casualty by lifeboat to where he could be better assessed by medics.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 17:25 on 25th June to attend an incident in Dunbar. One ambulance was dispatched to the scene and one patient was transported to Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.”
