Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Teenager airlifted to hospital with “serious” injuries after falling at Elie

The Chain Walk at Elie.
The Chain Walk at Elie.

A teenager has been airlifted to hospital after falling near the Elie Chain Walk in Fife.

The boy, said to be aged 14 or 15, is understood to have sustained serious injuries after falling 40ft at Kincraig Point at around 12.15pm on Wednesday.

He was winched to safety and taken by a coastguard helicopter to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where he is being treated.

It is the fourth time this year that a rescue has been carried out along this stretch of coast in Fife’s East Neuk.

However, a spokesperson for RNLI Anstruther confirmed the incident happened at the headland and not along the Elie Chain Walk, which has become a notorious spot for accidents.

The effort on Wednesday involved HM Coastguard crews from Leven, Kinghorn, St Andrews, South Queensferry and both lifeboats from RNLI Anstruther.

Coastguard personnel used rope rescue equipment as they worked to get the boy to safety.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was also in attendance with rope rescue equipment as a back-up.

A spokesperson for RNLI Anstruther said: “We launched this afternoon after reports of a male who had fallen a considerable distance at Kincraig Point.

“We arrived simultaneously with the coastguard ground teams and the rescue helicopter from Prestwick was requested.”

Fears have previously been raised about Elie Chain Walk with those tackling the route urged to dress appropriately when following the 0.5km course.

The route, which is often described as a scramble rather than a walk, requires a head for heights and visitors are also urged to check tide times in the area.

Last month, a man was rescued from the notorious spot after being cut off by the tide.

It happened just a week after emergency services raced to the scene after a woman fell and broke her ankle.

And in April concerns about the chain walk were again raised after two people were stranded on the cliff after being caught out by the tides.