Call-out to Headland fall

A man has been taken to hospital after falling on the rocks at Hartlepool Headland.
Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team were called to the aid of a casualty on the Headland.Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team were called to the aid of a casualty on the Headland.
Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team were called to the aid of a casualty on the Headland.

Members of the Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team were paged by Humber Coastguard to go to the man’s aid on Sunday.

The team carried out first aid on the man, who had injured his leg, and got him onto a stretcher.On Facebook, they added: “Once placed into our stretcher the casualty was carried across the rocks to a waiting ambulance.”