A Man had to be rescued from deep mud in the Penryn River early this morning after falling from quay and becoming trapped. Falmouth firefighters used a mud lance and inflatable path to free him.
The call came around 00.24 this morning from the man saying he was trapped up to his waist in the river and had been there for sometime.
On receipt of this call, water rescue units from Falmouth and St. Austell were mobilised, also appliances from Falmouth and Tolvaddon, on arrival at the scene water rescue personnel were deployed and specialist mud lances and inflatable mud paths were used in joint collaboration with attending UK Coastguard personel to release the casualty.
The male casualty was recovered to the shoreline and treated for hypothermia and compression due to being trapped in the mud for some time, oxygen was administered and a thermal blanket used until the arrival of ambulance personnel.
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