Search At Portland Bill
At
4.50pm, HM Coastguard responded to reports of a person in the water at Portland
Bill. Wyke and Portland Coastguard Rescue Teams attended and RNLI
lifeboats from Weymouth as well as Dorset Police. A Coastguard rescue
helicopter, a police helicopter and the Helimed air ambulance were also
involved.
A lady was recovered from an inaccessible area in a cave below
the cliffs at Portland Bill by the crew of the Coastguard rescue helicopter and
she was transferred to hospital by South West Ambulance Service.