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​Teenage swimmer air-lifted to hospital from Portscatho beach

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A teenage girl has been rescued after getting caught in a rip-tide while swimming of the south coast.

Falmouth Coastguard were called to Pendower Beach in Portscatho at1pm after it was reported that the girl was struggling against a rip-tide.

A spokesman from the coastguard said: "She managed to get back to the beach herself but there were concerns that she had ingested sea water and that she was hypothermic."

A search and rescue crew from RNAS Culdrose took her to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro where she remains.

The Portscatho Cliff Rescue team also assisted in the incident.

​Teenage swimmer air-lifted to hospital from Portscatho beach


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