The gazette can reveal that a dramatic helicopter rescue took place this afternoon, Tuesday (27 April)

After a 15 year school girl, a pupil of St Catherine’’s school, Ventnor fell off rocks near to the Spyglass Inn as fellow pupils and teaching staff looked on.

Coastguard cliff rescue teams from Ventnor and paramedics stabilised the girl before she was airlifted from the bottom of the cliff face.

The Coastguard rescue helicopter from Lee on Solent delivered a basket stretcher to the beach.

After paramedics and coastguards strapped the teen to the stretcher it was winched 50 feet into the helicopter from the beach below.

The helicopter then landed on the cliff top and the injured girl was transferred to a waiting ambulance She was than taken to St Mary’s Hospital.

Suzanne Hudson Director of Development from St Catherines School said:

“Rosie’s health is our main focus at the moment. She had been out on a educational trip taking picture with a small group of children. Rosie was supervised by staff and teachers from the school.

Ms Hudson explained that the teenager is at St Mary’s Hospitial and she is being assessed by the doctors. The school nurse is with her and is keeping us updated. She went on to confirm that Rosie is from the Channel Islands and that her parents had been informed about the accident.

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