Mine Shaft Rescue Sees Man Airlifted To Hospital In Wales

Two people were rescued from a disused mine shaft after falling down it and becoming trapped.

One person was airlifted to hospital after suffering “serious injuries” in the fall down the unused mine shaft in Porth Ysgo, on the Llŷn Peninsula.
Cave rescue experts from Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team were flown in on Sunday afternoon to help evacuate the two casualties.
They were joined by coastguard rescue teams and the Welsh Ambulance service.
The seriously injured person was airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd by the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service – EMRTS Wales (Wales Air Ambulance).
The latest reports are is the patient is in a stable condition.
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