Coastguard rush to save casualty with ‘spinal injury’ at Pembrokeshire lagoon

Coastguard rush to save casualty with ‘spinal injury’ at Pembrokeshire lagoon

HM Coastguard Fishguard saved a casualty who suffered a spinal injury after jumping her height at a Pembrokeshire lagoon

Man injured at Blue Lagoon during jump from height

A MAN was stretchered to safety from the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy after suffering a suspected spinal injury during a jump from height. Emergency services were called at around 4:45pm on Saturday (May 31), with HM Coastguard St Davids and the RNLI St Davids Lifeboat both attending the scene. The man had jumped from a ledge into the water and is believed to have sustained a spinal injury on impact. He was assisted out of the lagoon by members of t…

Rescue teams praised following Blue Lagoon jumping incident

Emergency and rescue services have given thanks to members of the public that assisted a serious situation on the Pembrokeshire coast, where a man having jumped from height from a popular clifftop vantage point, sustained a spinal injury on impact with the water.