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Woman falls five metres off quay in Hayle

Lisa Young
BBC News, Cornwall
Google Maps South Quay in Hayle on a grey day. The water runs below a car park. There is a row of houses on the opposite bank. A car is parked in the foreground behind bollards.Google Maps
The fire service said the woman had fallen onto hard ground since the tide had been out

A woman had to be rescued after falling off a quay in Cornwall, the fire service said.

Firefighters, paramedics and the coastguard were called to reports a woman had fallen 5m (16.4ft) from South Quay, in Hayle, at 11:00 GMT on Saturday, according to Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.

A spokesperson for the fire service said the tide was out and so the woman fell onto hard ground.

She was left in the care of paramedics, they added.

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