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# Major emergency response at Bovisand beach after person injured in fall
- URL: https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/massive-emergency-response-on-bovisand-beach-as-air-ambulance-lands/
- Published: 2025-05-19T14:52:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-20T11:19:18.000Z
- Author: Seamus McCoy
- Tags: #editors-picks, News, HM Coastguard

Emergency services responded to a serious incident at Bovisand Beach in Plymouth on the afternoon of Monday, 19 May 2025.

The Devon Air Ambulance, HM Coastguard, paramedics, and a specialist Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) were all called to the scene after reports of a person injured in a fall.

The alarm was raised at 2:09pm, prompting a large-scale emergency operation involving multiple agencies.

## What Happened at Bovisand Beach?

According to HM Coastguard, a casualty had sustained injuries following a fall on the beach. 

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Plymouth and Yealm were deployed to assist, while the Devon Air Ambulance landed nearby to provide immediate medical support.

## Response from Ambulance Service

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust told Plymouth Plus:

> “We were called at 14:03 on Monday 19 May to an incident in Plymstock.

> "We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, an operations officer, and the hazardous area response team to the scene.

> One patient was conveyed by land ambulance to Derriford Hospital.”

## Air Ambulance Departed

Our reporter on the ground confirmed that the air ambulance departed shortly after the initial response, with coastguard and ambulance personnel remaining to coordinate the patient transfer.

## What We Know Now

- The incident involved a fall at Bovisand Beach
- A full emergency response was launched including HART and Coastguard teams
- One person was taken to Derriford Hospital by land ambulance

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