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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
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Ruth Suter

East Lothian boy plunges 15ft from rocks at harbour sparking RNLI rescue mission

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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