3 teenagers stuck on a cliff near Bonchurch have sparked a callout for Coastguard crews, the RNLI Lifeboat from Bembridge and numerous fire appliances this evening (Sunday).
Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat was tasked at around 19:00 following initial reports with Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor mobilised shortly after to a cliff top near Devil’s Chimney.
They have since been joined at the scene by fire appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary who have rendezvous at Dunnose of Bonchurch Road.
Island Echo understands that 3 teenagers, walking in the Devil’s Chimney/Steel Bay area, have become trapped far up a cliff and are unable to get back to safety.
The ALB from Bembridge has already made its way to the position of the casualties but cannot access them due to the tidal and coastal conditions.
UPDATE @ 20:10 – Bembridge ALB has launched their small on-board Y-Boat to gain closer access to the beach at Luccombe Bay.
All the 3 casualties have made their way down the cliff and have been met, and picked up by the Y-boat.
They will now be taken to Bembridge Lifeboat Station’s Boat House where they will be met by paramedics from IOWAS.
All other emergency service personnel present at the scene are beginning to stand down from the incident.
The 3 males were unharmed following the ordeal.
UPDATE @ 21:30 – Bembridge RNLI has released a statement following this evening’s incident:
The RNLB Alfred Albert Williams (Tamar All-Weather Lifeboat 16-17), was launched earlier this evening [at 19:15] at the request of UK (Solent) Coastguard to locate and assist three boys who had been cut off by the tide in the area between Luccombe and Bonchurch villages.
Conditions were pretty benign (Westerly Force 3) so it did not take the crew long (c19:30) to reach the search area.
The boys, who had been cut off by the tide, with assistance from the Y Boat crew they, made it to the beach safely and were transferred to the Alfred Albert Williams and taken back to Bembridge where they were reunited with their parents.
A nice successful outcome.
Alfred Albert Williams and her crew were safely re-housed by 20:45.
With thanks to the Island Echo for the photograph and on-boat footage.
We are going to hear more stories like this during the summer, these people are allowed to vote, very worrying…
What would we rather, that these teenage boys were sitting at home on their Xboxes all day or drugged up and stealing cars?
They were out having an adventure in the fresh air. Yes, it went wrong, but that happens sometimes and they will, hopefully, learn from it. Didn’t we all make mistakes as teenagers that would seem a little silly now?
It’s easy to criticise from our armchairs but I know which sort of youth I’d rather see around the place, ones like this who are out making use of the beaches and scrabbling over rocks or the feral ones who we all too regularly read about on these pages.
Where does it say they are 18 and over? And I presume you skipped your teenage years? Or in your minds eye you were perfect? Dream on buddie
idiot abroad? No, they all come here now it would appear.
Good God, pathetic, yet old people wait HOURS for the emergency services to come to their aid if the have a fall.
Disgusting
the nhs dont care for old people they have had there lives as they see it
What has anything in this incident got to do with the NHS?
Stop spouting rubbish.
We will all get old, remember that…
No – I am sure the coastguards would deal with an old person the same way as they did for these kids. As would the police and Fire Service.
Try READING the story next time before making an idiot of yourself