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Person airlifted to hospital after falling down cliff in Scots village as lifeboat crews race to scene

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An injured person has been airlifted to hospital after falling down cliffs in a Scots village this evening. Emergency crews, including RNLI Queensferry Lifeboat and Rescue 199, raced to the scene at Aberdour at around 6pm to assist the individual involved.

The casualty was then taken by air ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.The extent of the person's injuries is not yet known.The lifeboat confirmed that it was stood down from the rescue operation at around 8pm.A spokesperson told the Daily Record: "Lifeboat paged at 18:11 to one casualty fallen down cliffs at Aberdour."Rescue 199 also attended and extracted casualty and airlifted to ERI."Lifeboat has just been stood down at 20:20."Lifeboat has no involvement in any other incident at this time." Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here.

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