A paramedic was taken ill in yesterday’s soaring temperatures as she treated a teenage casualty on a South Devon beach.

Both were rushed by Devon Air Ambulance to Torbay Hospital after being flown from Landcombe Cove, near Blackpool Sands outside Stoke Fleming.

The youngster, aged 16 and from Stoke Fleming, had collapsed after suffering an epileptic fit on the beach following a night out camping with pals.

The paramedic, from Dartmouth, and ambulance colleagues arrived at the remote site with help from eight members of the Dartmouth Cliff Rescue Team who used lines to make the descent to the beach.

But both ended up in the aircraft after she felt the effects of the heat immediately after the 300 yard drop through a field to get to the patient.

An ambulance service spokesman said: “I think the fact she had walked a considerable distance with a lot of kit in a reflective jacket may have caused her not to feel too great, so she hitched a ride in the helicopter.”

He added: “She was fine after a bit of re-hydration.”

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