Dog-walker rescued after slipping on ice
MAN BREAKS LEG IN FALL AT FERRYBANK
The lifeboat crew, above, and ambulance, left, worked with the gardaí in the Ferrybank rescue.
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A MAN out walking his dog was rescued by the Wexford RNLI lifeboat after slipping on ice at Ferrybank and breaking his leg.
The incident happened on Saturday morning at about 11 a.m. when the 43-year-old local man slipped onto rocks beside the sea in freezing temperatures.
He couldn't move because of his injury and was in danger of developing hypothermia from the extreme cold. However, he called the gardaí on his mobile phone and also alerted a friend to collect his dog.
Members of the gardaí and an ambulance responded to assist the stricken man and while paramedics were able to administer first aid and pain relief, they were unable to lift him off the rocks that surround the harbour.
The ambulance service requested the help of Wexford lifeboat at approximately 11.20 a.m. The lifeboat launched with four crew members on board and reached the man shortly after 11.30 a.m.
The crew landed the lifeboat and climbed onto the slippery rocks to carry the man into the vessel. He was brought by water to the lifeboat station at Wexford bridge.
The ambulance then took him to Wexford General Hospital. The man, whose leg is badly broken in two places, was treated in Waterford Regional Hospital and discharged on Monday evening.
The Wexford lifeboat press officer Lorraine Galvin said it was a good rescue involving all emergency services.
'The gardai, ambulance and lifeboat crew operated in dangerous conditions as the ice made the rocks very slippery. They worked to ensure that the man was rescued – if not by road, then by sea.' she said.
The volunteer lifeboat crew members involved ere David McGuire, Simon Gulliver, Alan Keville and Martin Conway.
