Coastguard Rescue Teams and firefighters have rushed to The Duver in St Helens this afternoon (Tuesday) as a result of 2 teenagers becoming stuck in the mud – less than 24 hours after a male was rescued from the exact same location.
Firefighters from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to the incident at just before 15:00 with Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor also mobilised.
Island Echo understands that 2 local teenagers have become stuck in a remote and hard-to-reach location in an area of woodland on the coast between Nodes Point Holiday Park and Priory Bay.
The pair of teens – who are with a group of other children – are unable to move their legs or feet as a result of the thick ooze.
A rendezvous point has been set up at the Isle of Wight Council car park on The Duver with emergency teams working out how best to access the stricken pair given the blustery and far-from-ideal weather conditions.
Coastguard crew members have already begun kitting up in their specialist mud rescue gear.
As was the case yesterday (Easter Monday), the D-class lifeboat from Bembridge has been tasked to assist the ongoing efforts. It is currently being used to transport emergency service personnel and their gear along the coast to the shoreline near the casualties. As previously reported, emergency services rescued a male who was stuck up to his waist in mud, also between Priory Bay and The Duver.
UPDATE @ 16:28 – Both casualties have been successfully rescued from their sticky situation and have been brought ashore at The Duver aboard Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat.
The 1st casualty has been able to walk from the lifeboat and into an awaiting ambulance, but the 2nd has been placed on a stretcher.
Volunteers from Bembridge RNLI have now stood down from the incident having carried out 2 final runs along the coast to collect equipment.
Other teams are also standing down – but must clean off their gear of thick clay first.
Likely people who have only ever felt concrete under their feet before down on holiday.
No need for any ‘dangerous mud’ signage though.
As our greedy council will soon cover all mud and green areas with houses, roads, pavements and breeding boxes to break the social security and beauty of this island, not for a while, but forever.
Oh bore off will you? The report clearly states it was two local teenagers so they are well aware of the area and have clearly misjudged the conditions and have become stranded in the process. Worst of all, one has had to be stretchered away presumably due to being injured. Your point of your comment about the council is completely irrelevant and you are clearly an individual who lives in a little bubble. The Island isn’t perfect nor will it ever be especially in this modern age. The times of social security on the Island are gone too so either get used to it and move with the time, or move away….simple decision really?
You are clearly an ignorant narrow minded hate filled individual.
Go and crawl under a gabion cage with your hate filled rhetoric
Throw some branches over them and pull them out tomorrow, weather’s crap for rescuing fools today.
I always find that those most critical of other people only do it because of their perception that it’s the only way to raise their self esteem, ie by denigrating others, so that by comparison, in their little heads anyway, they are higher up the pecking order.. That’s why conspiracy theories are so popular too, we are special, we know the truth, when in actuality they are just, how can I put this.. stupid..
They make me laugh.