Bundoran RNLI rescue four people in two separate incidents



Bundoran RNLI rescued three teenagers and a man in two separate incidents after they got into difficulty in rip currents off the Main Beach on Monday.

Members of the public raised the alarm on seeing three people caught in a rip current, the volunteer crew were requested by the Irish Coast Guard to launch their inshore lifeboat just before 4pm.

The Irish Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 118 from Sligo, the Gardai and the National Ambulance Service were also tasked to the rescue.

The lifeboat crewed observed three teenagers who had been dragged out towards Roguey Point, had managed to make their way onto nearby rocks.

The crew brought all three onboard the lifeboat and back to the beach where they were then checked over by ambulance paramedics but found to be safe and well.

As the crew were with the casualties on the beach, another call from the Malin Head Coast Guard alerted the lifeboat to a second separate incident where a man had got caught in a rip current off Main Beach.

The lifeboat crew immediately diverted to the scene where on arrival, they found the casualty struggling in the conditions.

He was rescued from the water and casualty care was administered on the lifeboat and back on the pier until the arrival of an ambulance.

The casualty was then transferred to hospital for further treatment.



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