Lifeboat rescues four people stuck waist-deep in water on Cramond Island causeway

The RNLI was called out yesterday afternoon.

The RNLI rescued four people yesterday who were caught by the rising tide on the crossing to Cramond Island.

The lifeboat was called out shortly after 5pm to reports of people in the water, and found the group submerged up to their waists and struggling to walk.

They were picked up by the RNLI and taken to Granton Harbour, where they were handed over to South Queensferry Coastguard and the Ambulance Service.

Four people were caught by the tide as they attempted to cross to Cramond Island.

The lifeboat was later called out to two people in an inflatable dinghy being blown offshore on Granton Beach.

RNLI Queensferry said: “We were paged at 17:09 to reports of multiple people in the water on Cramond Island causeway.

"The lifeboat made best speed to the causeway and recovered four persons who were waist deep in water and struggling to walk over the submerged causeway with the flooding tide.

"The casualties were taken to Granton harbour and handed over to South Queensferry Coastguard and Scottish Ambulance Service.

"Please check tide times and never attempt to cross the causeway when it’s covered.”

It comes after a lifeboat and helicopter were called late on Saturday night after a person fell 30 feet onto rocks between Rosyth and the Queensferry Crossing.

The Ambulance service, coastguard teams from South Queensferry and Kinghorn and the coastguard helicopter were all called to try and rescue the casualty from a difficult location.

The helicopter managed to land and pick up the casualty, who was taken to the ERI.

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