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Southern 123/01
22 July 2001
QUARRY ACCIDENT MARKS START OF SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
| Brixham
Coastguard were informed at just after 3.00p.m on 22 July 2001
by Ambulance Control that their assistance was required to an 11
year old girl after she fell backwards 30 ft into a quarry at
Gover Valley, St Austell.
Coastguard immediately paged the
St Austell Coastguard Team to attend and the team were on scene by
around 3.20 pm along with police, fire and ambulance crews. |
Naval rescue helicopter
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Due to the
terrain and the equipment of the Coastguards the team were dispatched
into the quarry along with paramedics who treated the child. The
Coastguard team then carried the child in a Coastguard stretcher
back to a naval rescue helicopter that was waiting at the landing
site, which had been prepared by other members of the Coastguard
team.
Alf Tupper, Brixham Coastguard Watch Manager said, "The close
co-operation between all the services meant that we were able to
rescue the child quickly and efficiently and airlift her to Treliske
Hospital, Truro by 5.00 pm. She is now receiving treatment for
spinal injuries.
"This was an unusual incident for us as the quarry is a mile
inland, however we are equipped and trained to operate in this way
and were pleased to assist.
"We would urge parents and guardians to be aware of the natural
dangers both on the coast and inland and to keep a sharp eye on
children whose minds might be elsewhere.
"We have been very busy today with a variety of incidents
including an overdue vessel, a man with a suspected stroke, a diver
who made a rapid ascent (after a dive of 30 metres), five youths cut
off by the tide at Plymouth and some ordnance (an unspent smoke
flare) at Tregantle Fort Beach, Plymouth." |
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