Callout: 61/17: Just after 4.00pm this afternoon we called to rescue a 13 year old boy who’d fallen approximately 40 feet at Dan Y Darren quarry north of Merthyr Tydfil.
We quickly accessed his location and, working in harness with South Wales Police : Heddlu De Cymru , Western Beacons Mountain Search and Rescue Team, Brecon Mountain Rescue Team, Welsh Ambulance Service HART, South Wales Fire Service and Maritime and Coastguard Agency Helio 187, the young lad was winched aboard the Coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital.
We wish the young man a full and speedy recovery.