Pensioner falls 40ft down Loch Lomond cliff
A pensioner has been airlifted to hospital after plunging 40ft from a cliff in Loch Lomond.
Loch Lomond Rescue Boat (LLRB) rushed to an area near Rob Roy's Cave after receiving a report at 6.50pm that an 87-year-old man had fallen 40ft from a cliff three hours previous.
A passing fishing boat heard the man's calls for help and called the police, who notified LLRB.
The volunteers at the lifeboat service commenced casualty care, provided pain relief and due to the nature of his injuries fully immobilised him to protect his spine and pelvis.
The Scottish Ambulance Service trauma team assisted and the man was transferred via lifeboat to Inveruglas power station where he was air-ambulanced to hospital for further treatment before the crew returned to base at 9pm.
Prior to this the LLRB team provided assistance to a 19-year-old German female walker on the West Highland Way who had sustained an ankle injury just north of Ivow Island on the east side of Loch Lomond.
Once on the scene, LLRB crews began assessing the casualty and strapped her ankle before moving her onto the boat and transferring over to Inveruglas where the the patient was handed over to Scottish Ambulance Service for further treatment.
A spokesperson for LLRB said: "BUSY EVENING FOR LLRB. Loch Lomond Rescue Boat were paged by Police Scotland at 17:05hrs on 11/8/25 to reports of a 19 year old German female walker on the West Highland Way who had sustained an ankle injury and requiring medical assistance.
"LLRB launched and made way to the location just North of Ivow Island on the east side of Loch Lomond. Once on scene, our crew began assessing the casualty and strapping the ankle before moving the casualty onto the boat and transferring over to Inveruglas where the the patient was handed over to Scottish Ambulance Service for further treatment.
"Just as the crew were standing down at 18:50 hrs a radio call came in from Police Scotland to reports of an 87 year old male who had fallen 40ft from a cliff in the area of Rob Roy's Cave 3 hrs earlier.
"Luckily a passing fishing boat heard the males calls for help and called the police. LLRB made way over the Loch and once on location commenced casualty care, providing pain relief to the injured male and due to the nature of his injuries fully immobilised him Protecting his spine and pelvis.
"Crew requested assistance from Scottish ambulance trauma team and after packaging him with assistance from national park transferred him via lifeboat to Inveruglas power station and handed over to the ambulance crew and helimed five for further treatment. Crew stood down and returned to base at 9pm.
"Massive thank you to the fisherman that called this one on."
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