Man rescued alive after 15 metre fall down Cornish mineshaft
A man is in hospital after falling nearly 15 metres down a mine shaft in Cornwall.
He was rescued after a six hour ordeal which began around lunchtime on Sunday.
Emergency crews spent several hours yesterday trying to free him from the pit on the coast path near St Just.
A firefighter and paramedic were lowered on ropes so they could assess the man and give him first aid.
The man, who is in his fifties, was airlifted to hospital with a hip injury and suspected hypothermia.