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Robert Harries

Man airlifted to hospital with suspected broken bones after 'tombstoning' into the sea

A man has been airlifted to hospital with suspected broken bones after jumping into the sea on the Welsh coast.

Rescue teams were called to the Mwnt area of Ceredigion shortly before 3.30pm on Sunday, August 30.

According to the RNLI, the injured man was on the rocks near Mwnt beach, around five miles north of Cardigan, having been 'tombstoning' in the area.

He was taken to the beach by RNLI crews from the Cardigan Lifeboat station, and from there he was flown to hospital by a UK Coastguard helicopter.

His current condition is not known, but rescue teams said he sustained suspected broken ankles and a spinal injury.

Tombstoning is the act of jumping in a straight and upright posture into the sea or other body of water from a high platform, such as a cliff.

Earlier this month, a teenager was taken to hospital after a similar incident in Glynneath.

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