WORRYING pictures show people dangling their legs off a cliff – the scene last week of one of the biggest landslides in decades. As people are warned to keep away from the fragile coast around Seatown – and with further movement of the cliff at the weekend – an image has emerged showing two people sitting perilously close to the edge of a cliff above Seatown Beach. They are sat just to the right of the cliff fall described by one resident as the biggest in 60 years . The picture was taken on Monday of this week, two days after West Bay Coastguard was called to the scene to take people, including children, off the beach at Seatown after a further cliff fall.
AN injured man was rescued by emergency services teams after suffering a fall near Venn Farm. Officers from the West Bay Coastguard team were tasked by Solent Coastguard National Maritime Operations Centre to a request for assistance from the Ambulance Service to help evacuate a casualty. A 69-year-old male had fallen whilst out walking suffering a suspected back injury. Paramedics were on scene but required assistance with the casualty evacuation as he was located off-road, around one mile north of Venn Farm, North Chideock. The coastguard quickly responded to the station in West Bay to pick up their equipment and 4x4 rescue vehicle, then headed for the RV point at Venn Farm.
WORRYING pictures show people dangling their legs off a cliff – the scene last week of one of the biggest landslides in decades. As people are warned to keep away from the fragile coast around Seatown – and with further movement of the cliff at the weekend – an image has emerged showing two people sitting perilously close to the edge of a cliff above Seatown Beach. They are sat just to the right of the cliff fall described by one resident as the biggest in 60 years . The picture was taken on Monday of this week, two days after West Bay Coastguard was called to the scene to take people, including children, off the beach at Seatown after a further cliff fall.
COASTGUARD teams had to shepherd members of public to safety after further cliff falls occurred on Seatown Beach. Members of the West Bay Coastguard team were conducting a patrol of the area on Saturday, April 17 following a huge landslip earlier in the week. A member of the public reported that there had been an another smaller cliff fall onto the beach below where around ten people - including children - were in direct vicinity of the large cliff fall, with a further six people on the debris of the fall trying to navigate a way around. The coastguard reported that there was clear evidence of further cliff falls in the area - as experts had warned following the original landslip.