Man injured after fall on rocks.

Launch No: 48
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Location: Blackpool Sands. Start Bay.

The Police were called to a man injured on the rocks at Blackpool Sands. The Coastguard asked the ILB to attend. The Police, Coastguards and Ambulance crew were able to reach and assist the casualty from the shore and the lifeboat was stood down.

Time

Request Received 4:20pm
Time at incident 0 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.7 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 42 minutes
Back on Service 5:30pm

Conditions

Sea/River State Choppy
Wind Direction West-Southwest
Wind Strength 17-21 knots

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Shore Crew

Deputy Launch Authority

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North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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