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  • Man injured in 'tombstoning' jump (human lemming alert)

    08/02/2005 8:39:23 AM PDT · by Cowman · 11 replies · 509+ views
    BBC ^ | Tuesday, 2 August 2005
    Man injured in 'tombstoning' jump A 21-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital after being injured in a 'tombstoning' accident in Cornwall. Coastguards and police warned of the dangers of the daredevil act of jumping from cliffs and rocks into the sea. Rescue teams were alerted to the accident at Rinsey Head, near Mount's Bay, on Monday evening. The man, an Australian bodyboarder, fractured both legs and was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske by a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose. Coastguards have named the injured man as Harry Dixon from Sydney. Falmouth Coastguard Watch Manager James Instance said:...