09/08/2007
Three People Hospitalised In Separate Rescue Operations
Two people have been taken to hospital after they were rescued from deep water near Erneside Shopping Centre in Enniskillen.
The Fire and Rescue Service were called out, but it is understood that a man on his boat had already helped the man and woman to safety.
Both people have now been taken to hospital but are not thought to have been badly injured.
In another incident at Rathlin Island, a man has been airlifted to hospital with head injuries after falling from a cliff.
The Coastguard Rescue Team stabilised the man at the scene and assisted in his transfer to the helicopter.
It is believed the man was with a group of friends when he fell near the Old Harbour pier on Wednesday afternoon.
(SB)
The Fire and Rescue Service were called out, but it is understood that a man on his boat had already helped the man and woman to safety.
Both people have now been taken to hospital but are not thought to have been badly injured.
In another incident at Rathlin Island, a man has been airlifted to hospital with head injuries after falling from a cliff.
The Coastguard Rescue Team stabilised the man at the scene and assisted in his transfer to the helicopter.
It is believed the man was with a group of friends when he fell near the Old Harbour pier on Wednesday afternoon.
(SB)
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A man who died on Tuesday evening after falling into the sea near Portstewart harbour in L'Derry has been named as Stanley Duncan, chief executive of the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) in Northern Ireland. Mr Duncan is reported to have been fishing close to the shore at Victoria Terrace before 17:00 when the incident occurred.
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