Emergency services had to navigate difficult terrain after a walker fell while walking on a remote part of the coastline near Osmington. 

The full team from Wyke coastguard were paged just after 1pm yesterday to assist ambulance crews with a casualty near to PGL, Osmington. 

The casualty and their partner had been walking between Weymouth and Osmington, but had suffered a fall, sustaining a suspected broken ankle.

The coastguard team made their way to the casualty's location, where it transpired the pair had been walking between paths, through a more inaccessible area of the coastal route. 

Due to their location, extraction via stretcher with the team members available was deemed risky, as conditions had been exacerbated by the recent snow and rain, making the ground very slippery.

The team requested assistance from their flank team at Lulworth, to help extract the casualty using the preferred 'caterpillar technique', where team members form chains to rescue casualties over uneven and difficult terrain. 

A spokesman for Wyke Coastguard said: "When the casualty had been administered pain relief, and their leg put into a vacuum splint, they were transferred to the team stretcher to prepare for transportation. 

"Whilst this was taking place, further team members prepared the exit route by cutting back dense undergrowth, to alleviate the possibilities of any further injury to both the casualty and team members.

"When happy the casualty was comfortable, both teams proceeded to extricate the casualty through the designated path, and carry them the near half mile to the awaiting ambulance, navigating through styles and in some places steep terrain."

Team members assisted South West Ambulance Service to transfer the casualty to their stretcher, and into the ambulance.