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Newly-released video footage has highlighted the swift action of Anstruther’s lifeboat crew during a callout earlier this week.

The volunteer crew launched at around 2.30pm on Wednesday after a woman suffered a broken leg between Newark Castle and Ardross Farm on the Fife Coastal Path.

The woman had been with her husband, three children and the family dog Biscuits at the time, and ambulance personnel had managed to reach the injured party by the time the lifeboat crews arrived.

The inshore lifeboat transferred the children and the dog to the all-weather lifeboat before returning with a stretcher to take the casualty to St Monans to a waiting ambulance.

Helmsman Alex Purves said: “Although a somewhat nasty injury had been sustained by this female, our crews acted swiftly on instruction to minimise the time taken to transfer the casualty to the waiting ambulance.

“With the summer approaching, it is a reminder to all of the dangers of the coastal walk.

“We have since heard the casualty is awaiting surgery on a fractured tibia and we wish her a safe and speedy recovery.”