Elderly walker rescued by the coastguard after slipping on coastal path
THE coastguard was called after an elderly man slipped and injured his ankle.
Swanage coastguard team was paged just after 1pm on Friday to a walker on the coastal path near to Anvil Point.
An 81-year-old man slipped and injured his ankle while walking with a group.
The team arrived and provided initial first aid but with heavy fog and damp ground conditions the casualty needed to be moved to a point where an ambulance could safely get too.
The man was moved on to the coastguard’s stretcher and carried the quarter of a mile to the ambulance.
The team returned to the station just after 3pm.
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