One person was lifted to safety by winchmen and later taken to hospital after emergency services were called to South Shields
Emergency services were called to Frenchman’s Bay in South Shields(Image: South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade)
A person has been rescued from cliffs in South Tyneside during a “challenging” emergency services call-out. Coastguard teams, police officers and ambulance crews were called to South Shields in the early hours of Saturday morning.
South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade (SSVLB) said the call-out was “challenging” due to the weather conditions. One person was lifted to safety by winchmen and later taken to hospital.
Emergency services were called to the incident at Frenchman’s Bay at around 3.16am. A statement from SSVLB said: “The team were tasked along with Sunderland Coastguard Rescue Team, Northumbria Police, the North East Ambulance Service, HART and Coastguard rescue helicopter 199 to an incident at Frenchman’s Bay.
“Due to the casualty’s location we requested rescue 199 attend. A very cold night with strong winds made the incident very challenging. A fantastic job by the helicopter and winchman enabled the casualty to be lifted and placed next to the ambulance. They were checked by HART and placed into the ambulance.”
A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service said they were called by Northumbria Police to attend the incident just before 3.30am. They said: “We dispatched a paramedic ambulance, two hazardous area response team crews, a clinical team leader and a duty officer. The coastguard was able to safely bring the patient for assessment by our crews and transport to hospital.”