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Boy injured in remote island fall | Boy injured in remote island fall |
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A 13-year-old boy has been flown to hospital after falling into a ravine on an uninhabited island on the west coast of Scotland. | A 13-year-old boy has been flown to hospital after falling into a ravine on an uninhabited island on the west coast of Scotland. |
He was one of a party of 13 students on an adventure training expedition on Scarba, south of Oban, Argyll. | He was one of a party of 13 students on an adventure training expedition on Scarba, south of Oban, Argyll. |
The group had been exploring creeks and gullies with two leaders after being landed on the island by boat. | The group had been exploring creeks and gullies with two leaders after being landed on the island by boat. |
The boy, from Yorkshire, was winched from the ravine and is understood to have sustained a broken leg. | The boy, from Yorkshire, was winched from the ravine and is understood to have sustained a broken leg. |
A Royal Navy helicopter was scrambled and Clyde, Oban and Appin Coastguard crews were able to get into the ravine and place the boy in a stretcher and move him to a spot where a line could be used to winch the boy to the aircraft. | A Royal Navy helicopter was scrambled and Clyde, Oban and Appin Coastguard crews were able to get into the ravine and place the boy in a stretcher and move him to a spot where a line could be used to winch the boy to the aircraft. |
He was taken then to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for treatment. | He was taken then to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for treatment. |
The boy's parents have been notified and are travelling to Scotland from Yorkshire. | The boy's parents have been notified and are travelling to Scotland from Yorkshire. |
Coastguard rescue crews worked to move the boy up the ravineDan Sellers, Clyde Coastguard watch officer, said: "This was a difficult extraction of the boy from the ravine due to the terrain. | |
"Our coastguard rescue teams and the rescue helicopter crews are used to working closely together in such circumstances to endeavour to achieve the best possible outcome. | "Our coastguard rescue teams and the rescue helicopter crews are used to working closely together in such circumstances to endeavour to achieve the best possible outcome. |
"This was one such incident where both the crew of the aircraft and the coastguard rescue officers should be praised for their professionalism." | "This was one such incident where both the crew of the aircraft and the coastguard rescue officers should be praised for their professionalism." |
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