Woman airlifted to safety after suffering fall at Edinburgh summer hotspot Cramond Island
The woman was airlifted to safety after falling on Cramond Island on Tuesday morning (August 11)
Emergency services were called to a popular Edinburgh summer hotspot this morning after a pensioner was injured in a fall.
The woman, who has been described as being in her 70s, was found injured on Cramond Island on Tuesday morning (August 11).
HM Coastguard were called to the scene, with a HM Coastguard helicopter being deployed.
The woman was airlifted to safety during the rescue and placed into the care of paramedics.
A spokesperson for the HM Coastguard said: “At 11.11am, HM Coastguard was called to a female with injuries sustained in a fall at Cramond Island, Scotland.
“An HM Coastguard Search and Rescue Helicopter was sent, along with Coastguard Rescue Teams from Fisherrow and South Queensferry, and the person was airlifted and put into the care of Scottish Ambulance Service.”
A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed that the woman was transported to hospital.
They said in a statement: “We received a call at 11.04 hours today to attend an incident at Cramond Island.
“We dispatched one ambulance and our special operations team to the scene. We transported one female patient in her 70s to New Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”