Injured teen airlifted to hospital after jumping from cliffs
A teenager was airlifted to hospital after he was injured whilst jumping into the sea from cliffs.
The teen had to be rescued by a helicopter, with two RNLI lifeboats also attending the incident, in Ceredigion at around 6pm on Wednesday evening.
It is believed that he was 'tombstoning', which involves jumping vertically from rocks in to the sea.
He was placed on a stretcher on the cliffs and escorted to safety by a member of the coastguard team using a winch, which was lowered from the helicopter.An ambulance also attended the area but was stood down, the injured teen instead being airlifted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea where he remains. A spokesman for HM Coastguard said: “Just after 6pm last night, we received a report of a young male who’d been injured while at Aberporth.“It also looks like he might have been tombstoning. The HM Coastguard helicopter from Caernarfon was sent, along with Cardigan and New Quay Coastguard Rescue Teams, Cardigan RNLI lifeboat and the Aberporth RNLI Lifeguards."It comes just weeks after the RNLI issued an appeal for people to be 'cautious' around the Welsh coast during the coronavirus lockdown.
Crews at Barry Life Boat Station were called to a number of incidents earlier during the pandemic.
A crew member at the station asked people to not take risks during the pandemic, to help protect volunteers as well as themselves.
"We always meet any calls that we have professionally but we can't help but feel that we are being asked to a high number of calls that should not be taking place during the current situation," Martin continued.