Flamborough RNLI lifeboat launched on Sunday September 3 at 3:46pm to reports of an injured person at Thornwick Bay.
Lifeboat and volunteer crew were on scene between Thornwick Bay and Little Thornwick Bay at 3:56pm.
Coastguard personnel and paramedics were attending to the casualty, who had suffered a broken ankle and needed assistance to move the casualty to an ambulance.
A decision was made to extract the casualty via the lifeboat and rendezvous with the ambulance at South Landing.
The casualty was taken on board and returned safely to the station at South Landing at 4:40pm where he was transferred to an ambulance.
Volunteer crew and shore crew then completed the task of washing down, re fuelling and preparing the lifeboat and launch tractor for the next service.
