A woman has been rescued after falling from a cliff near a beauty spot in Northern Ireland.
Coleraine Coastguard said their rope rescue teams were tasked to the scene close to Mussenden Temple at Castlerock on Monday night.
They were joined by the Ballycastle rescue team after police officers located the casualty. The injured person was then flown to a nearby hospital by the coastguard helicopter.
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In a statement on social media, a spokesperson for Coleraine Coastguard said: "Coleraine and Ballycastle Rope Rescue Teams were tasked on Monday night to reports of a person fallen from a cliff close to the Mussenden Temple at Castlerock.
"PSNI officers had located the casualty. A coastguard rope rescue technician was lowered to stabilise and assess the casualty.
"The injured person was winched to safety and flown to Causeway Hospital by the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter, R199 from Prestwick."
A spokesperson for the PSNI said: "Police assisted in the multi-agency rescue of a woman in the Mussenden Temple area of Castlerock on Monday evening, 22nd August.
"Officers located the woman, who had fallen from a cliff, with the Coastguard bringing the injured woman to a crew from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. The woman was taken to hospital for treatment to her injuries which, although serious, are not believed to be life-threatening."
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