Today at midday, Howth Coast Guard responded to the upper cliff sections near Howth Summit, where a car and driver had sustained a heavy impact after leaving the path and sliding approx 100m steeply down-hill to the cliff edge. After locating the car the sole occupant was stabilised by paramedics and then removed from the vehicle by DFB and Coast Guard personnel onto a spine board while Fire Brigade vehicle cutting tools and Coast Guard high-angle rope access equipment was transported to the remote area by helicopter lifts and 4×4’s as a stand-by.
Once removed from the car on the cliff edge, the casualty was airlifted to Tallaght hospital by the Dublin-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter.
Thanks to the Dublin Fire Brigade, Howth Gardai, Garda Traffic Corps, the Dublin Coast Guard Helicopter crew, and local walkers who alerted the emergency services to the accident.
Incident 68/09
