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Arbroath lifeboats involved in multi agency cliff rescue

Lifeboats News Release

Arbroath’s Atlantic 85 and D-class lifeboats were involved in a major multi-agency rescue effort at the town’s cliffs in the early hours of this morning (16th April).

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View of the scene from Arbroath's Atlantic 85, with HM Coastguard rescue helicopter 151 in attendance
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The RNLI volunteers were initially tasked at approximately 10:30pm (15th April) to attend an incident at an area of the cliffs known as Seaman’s Grave.

Working in difficult conditions with colleagues from Scottish Ambulance’s SORT team and HM Coastguard, members of the Arbroath lifeboat crew assisted in administering on scene care to an injured casualty.

The casualty was successfully extracted from the location at approximately 2.00am by HM Coastguard’s Rescue 151 helicopter from Inverness, before being airlifted to hospital.

Arbroath’s lifeboat operations manager, Ron Churchill, said “Our crew worked alongside colleagues from the other emergency services to manage a challenging situation that resulted in the successful extraction of a casualty. We would like to express our thanks to all those involved.”

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• Arbroath RNLI have no further update on this incident

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Rod McLean
Lifeboat Press Officer, Arbroath Lifeboat Station

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