Air ambulance in Torquay beach rescue alert
Published:
8:27 PM February 15, 2021
The woman is treated on the beach - Credit: Archant
The Devon Air Ambulance was alerted after a woman was injured on Torre Abbey Sands in Torquay.
It is believed the woman had fallen and suffered a leg injury.
A land ambulance and paramedics attended the scene at around 12 noon on Monday.
The air ambulance landed in the Abbey Park Gardens opposite the beach and its paramedics joined the rescue team on the beach.
After being treated on the beach, the woman was eventually placed on a stretcher and lifted carefully into the back of the ambulance which was parked on the beach slipway.
She was driven off by road to hospital while the crew returned to the helicopter before it took off without being needed.
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