A TEENAGER who had been drinking was treated in hospital after falling on to rocks in Weymouth.

The 15-year-old boy was taken from Sandsfoot Beach, Wyke Regis, to hospital in a ‘semi-conscious’ condition, complaining of a back injury.

It is believed that the teenager had been trying to walk across a log balanced over the rocks before he fell one to two metres.

Two fire service rescue teams, paramedics and Wyke Regis Coastguard officers were scrambled to Sandsfoot just after 11.20pm on Friday.

Wyke Regis Coastguard Rescue Officer Anthony Goss said two of his colleagues attended to assist the fire service and found the boy ‘intoxicated’ and complaining of a back injury.

Mr Goss said: “Because the boy was intoxicated it was difficult to find out the level of injury.”

He added: “From a coastguard point of view we’d like to make sure if people are going to be along the coastline or cliffs, they keep alcohol in moderation and are aware of the dangers of the surrounding area.

“It can all be very fun but can turn quite nasty very quickly.

“It costs the emergency services money and time.”

He added that many coastguards were volunteers.

A Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said technical rescue teams from Weymouth and Poole were despatched to Sandsfoot.

Due to the difficult access, they used a specialist stretcher to help paramedics move the boy from the beach.

The spokesman said the casualty was handed over to the ambulance crews at 12.11am.

Portland Coastguard said the Wyke Coastguard Rescue Officers were called out after firefighters reported the fall.

Portland Coastguard said: “On arrival on scene, the male youth who was semi-conscious and believed to have consumed alcohol, was recovered to a stretcher and carried to the ambulance fand taken to hospital.”