Portland Bill: Boy airlifted to hospital after coasteering injury
- Published
Coastguards were called to Portland Bill on Thursday
A boy has been rescued from the sea and airlifted to hospital after sustaining a suspected back injury on a coasteering trip.
The victim was on a commercially-organised expedition at Portland Bill, Dorset, when he was hurt at about 11:00 BST on Thursday, HM Coastguard said.
He was treated on the shore by coastguards and paramedics.
The boy was then lifted on a stretcher into a coastguard helicopter and taken to Dorset County Hospital.
Coasteering is a coastal adventure activity which can involve jumping into water from height, swimming in caves and scrambling over rocks.
The boy was winched aboard a coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital
A lifeboat rescued the boy from the sea
Follow BBC South on Facebook, external, Twitter, external, or Instagram, external. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk, external.
- Published25 November 2022
- Published2 January 2020
