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Western 076/01
8 June 2001
MAN AIRLIFTED AFTER FALL
| Holyhead Coastguard
received a call at 12:15 p.m. on 8 June 2001 to a man who had been
seen to fall 10ft after climbing on rocks close to the RNLI
lifeboat station in Criccieth, near Pwllheli, North Wales.
Coastguard scrambled the RAF rescue helicopter from Valley to
the scene. The RNLI station crew, the nearby Tremadoc Coastguard
Sector Manger and the Criccieth Coastguard Rescue Team were able
to arrive on scene almost immediately to assist the man. |
RAF Valley
rescue helicopter airlifted
casualty to Bangor hospital
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ambulance crew, who had been alerted earlier, along with the
Coastguard and RNLI crews, were able to assess the man and get him
on to a jetty in a stretcher board ready for the RAF rescue
helicopter to airlift to Ysbyty Gwynedd (hospital) Bangor.
Holyhead Coastguard Watch Manger, Carl Hiltunen said, "The
man was very lucky that trained personnel from both the HM
Coastguard and the RNLI, who called us initially, were so very close
to hand."
The man is thought to be in his 60’s and is from Sheffield; he
has suffered head injuries and suspected internal and head injuries. |
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