Coastguard help rescue woman at Beachy Head

The Coastguard were called to help rescue a woman who had fallen and broken her leg at Beachy Head yesterday.
Emergency services on the scene at Beachy Head. Photo: Alan FraserEmergency services on the scene at Beachy Head. Photo: Alan Fraser
Emergency services on the scene at Beachy Head. Photo: Alan Fraser

The Coastguard was called at 10.20am yesterday (Thursday, February 15) to assist Sussex Police, who had received reports of a woman who had fallen and sustained a broken leg in Peace Park at the RAF Bomber Command Memorial, near Beachy Head.

A Coastguard spokesman said: “We sent the Newhaven and Eastbourne Coastguard Rescue Teams, alongside the South East Ambulance Service and the East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service.

“The woman was carried out safely to a waiting ambulance.”

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