A BEACH-GOER in Cornwall had to be helped by the emergency services after becoming unwell. 

The alarm was raised at Spit Beach near Par on Sunday (August 9) and a St Austell Coastguard team was sent to the scene. 

A coastguard spokesperson said: “The team gave casualty care and, with no ambulances available, extracted the casualty from the beach to their family. Once with the family, the casualty was taken by them for further checks at the local minor injury unit.”

In a separate incident, a Mevagissey Coastguard team went to Gorran Haven beach on Saturday afternoon to help a person who had sustained an injury aboard a boat at sea.  

The casualty was transferred ashore by dinghy and taken by car for NHS treatment.