Coastguard rescuers used ropes to reach injured man in his 50s who fell down shaft of disused mine on coastal path at St JustA man has been rescued after falling about 30 metres down a mineshaft in Cornwall. A paramedic and a firefighter were lowered on ropes to the injured man and were giving him first aid, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said. Rescuers took three hours to reach the man, believed to be in his mid-50s, and extracted him from the disused mineshaft at Port Nanven on the coastal path near St Just. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said the man who had fallen down the shaft was suspected to have sustained a hip injury in the fall. Emergency services initially described the shaft as 15 metres deep but the coastguard later said the man is believed to have fallen 30 metres.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 15:45 UTC