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Child pulled from sea at Durdle Door airlifted to hospital

Wyke Coastguard Air ambulance helicopter on the beach at Durdle DoorWyke Coastguard
A flurry of 999 calls reported that a child had got into difficulty in the sea

A seven-year-old child has been airlifted to hospital after being pulled unconscious from the sea.

It was one of four emergency incidents attended by rescue crews at Durdle Door in Dorset on Sunday afternoon.

A flurry of 999 calls at about 14:50 BST reported the child being pulled to shore after getting into difficulty.

Half an hour earlier, another 999 call reported a woman taken ill on the beach - she was taken by the coastguard helicopter to a waiting ambulance.

Wyke Coastguard Air ambulance taking off from Durdle Door beach with Durdle Door sea arch in the backgroundWyke Coastguard
Emergency crews were called to Durdle Door four times in the space of a few hours

Two coastguard rescue teams, the air ambulance, coastguard helicopter, police and South Western Ambulance Service were called to help the child who was taken to Dorset County Hospital by air ambulance.

Coastguard rescue officers also treated another woman who collapsed on the steps to Man O' War beach, along with another person who needed medical assistance. Both were able to make their own way home.

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