A walker has sadly passed away after suffering a ‘medical emergency’ on Brean Down on Saturday afternoon (June 19th).
Burnham-On-Sea Coastguards and multiple ambulance crews were called to the old military road at lunchtime, as pictured here.
Several members of the public delivered medical attention before crews arrived. A Coastguard helicopter also landed in a field next to Brean Down.
A Burnham Coastguard spokesman said: “We were paged to assist the ambulance service with a medical emergency along the military road on Brean Down.”
“We were tasked with setting up a helicopter landing site and some crowd control as a number of people had gathered to see what was going on.”
“Our team were quickly in position to create a working area for the ambulance teams and a suitable landing area with access readied in a field for the HM Coastguard helicopter that had dropped off their winchman at the top of the Down.”
“A number of medical teams arrived to deal with the emergency, including a heli-med team and the ambulance Hazardous Area Response Team to join the first responder and initial crews.”
“Once they had finished, we kept a clear path through the vehicles until all family and emergency units had left scene.”
“We would like to say a big thank you to the public who were first on scene delivering medical attention and to the lady from the National Trust Cafe — you all did a wonderful job and should be proud that you stepped up when needed.”
“A sad outcome to the incident and the team will be thinking of all involved.”
