Teenager in hospital after cliff fall

10:43am Sunday 29th August 2010

By Julia Breen

A TEENAGER is in hospital with head injuries after falling 50 feet after climbing on crags in Guisborough Woods.

The 17-year-old male, from Middlesbrough, had been climbing at High Cliff in the woods at about 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon when he slipped and fell.

Cleveland Search and Rescue team, a doctor from the Air Ambulance and paramedics treated the unconscious man at the scene for suspected head, chest and pelvic injuries.

He was then airlifted to James Cook University Hospital.

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