A teenage girl has died and a man rushed to hospital after plunging 50ft from cliffs in the Scottish Highlands.
Emergency services raced to the Victoria Walk area in Thurso, Highlands, after the alarm was raised at around 5.50pm on Monday, July 11. Ambulance and coastguard crews attended but an 18-year-old girl has tragically now died. Her next of kin have been aware.
A 26-year-old man was rushed to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment. The teenager's death is currently being treated as "unexplained". Officers say their enquiries into establishing the circumstances are ongoing.
Lifeboat crews were called to the scene on Monday night. In a post on Facebook they said: "The Y boat was beached and the two crew members quickly located the two casualties, one male and one female.
"The crew members attended to them until the arrival of a paramedic who was winched down from the Search and Rescue helicopter from Inverness.
"The young man was winched up by the helicopter to a waiting ambulance. The female casualty was transferred to a stretcher and taken by the ‘Y’ boat to The Taylors and then taken to Scrabster where she was transferred into the care of Police Scotland."
A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed: “Around 5.50pm on Monday, July 11, 2022, officers were called to the Victoria Walk area in Thurso, following a report of a man and woman having fallen from a cliff.
“Emergency services and Coastguard attended but an 18-year-old woman had died. Her next of kin have been informed. Her death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.
“A 26-year-old man was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment."
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