A person has been rushed to hospital in Edinburgh after a tragic fall from a cliff near the capital.
Emergency services have confirmed the person had to be airlifted to the Royal Infirmary at Little France following the incident in Aberdour.
Both ambulance services, the RNLI and and Rescue 199 had raced to the scene just a short drive from Edinburgh at around 6pm on Sunday evening (March 13).
The Daily Record reports the person was then flown by air ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
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The extent of the person's injuries is not yet known.
The lifeboat confirmed that it was stood down from the rescue operation at around 8pm.
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A spokesperson said: "Lifeboat paged at 18:11 to one casualty fallen down cliffs at Aberdour.
"Rescue 199 also attended and extracted casualty and airlifted to ERI.
"Lifeboat has just been stood down at 20:20.
"Lifeboat has no involvement in any other incident at this time."
