Close call in Fingal cliff fall
A GIRL, 15, has fractured her wrist after slipping on wet rocks on the cliff face near the Fingal Head lighthouse yesterday.
Just after 11am (NSW) police, two NSW Fire and Rescue trucks, Volunteer Rescue Association and NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived to remove the girl from the cliff face to safety.
NSW Ambulance district officer Tony Stanford said the girl was lucky to have escaped without further injuries.
"There is a real potential with rocks for more serious injury and the tide was coming in today so she is very lucky," Mr Stanford said.
"She has fractured her wrist and she's a bit shaken up.
"She hit her head but wasn't knocked out so she'll be okay."
The girl was given pain relief and taken to Tweed Hospital.
Mr Stanford said emer- gency services were urging people to be careful across the coast during the summer season.
"It's common at this time of year with schoolies and the holidays starting that there's more people on the coast, on the rocks and beaches and people really have to be careful and put their safety first," he said.
