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Two People Rescued After Becoming Trapped Near Thorness

Pic: Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team

Two people were the focus of a shoreside rescue operation last night (Sunday) involving Cowes RNLI lifeboat and Isle of Wight coastguards.

The alarm was raised by the woman who used her mobile phone to tell coastguards that both needed help soon after starting to walk from Thorness to Gurnard.

The lifeboat launched around midnight, along with Needles and Ventnor coastguards teams and an ambulance.

Eventually the woman, who lived in Newport, was escorted by coastguards along the cliff path to Gurnard Luck where she was attended to by paramedics.

A short time later, the man who had an address in Cowes, was also located after his shouts for help were heard. It's understood he was injured while attempting to climb through bushes and rock covered cliff.

Eventually he was put on a stretcher aboard the lifeboat, which delivered him Trinity Landing, Cowes, where he was transferred to a waiting ambulance.

The lifeboat returned to station just after 2am.

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