Man taken to hospital after ‘falling into gorge’ at Perth beauty spot

Specialist rope rescue teams pulled the man to safety at Buckie Braes.

By Lindsey Hamilton

January 28 2024, 5:28pm

Emergency services at the scene. Image: Stuart Cowper

A man has been been taken to hospital after falling into a gorge at a Perth beauty spot.

Emergency services were called to the gorge at Buckie Braes, in the Cherrybank area, at around 3pm on Sunday.

The condition of the casualty is not known.

Buckie Braes rescue Perth — SFRS had a rope rescue team at the scene. Image: Stuart Cowper

Buckie Braes Perth rescue — SFRS at the scene. Stuart Cowper

Police Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were all called to the incident, which came to an end just before 5pm.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 2.59pm on Sunday to attend an incident at Buckie Braes, Perth.

“We dispatched one ambulance and two special operations response teams (SORT) to the scene and one patient was transported to Perth Royal Infirmary.”

A spokesperson for the fire service said: “We received a call at 3.04pm to assist Scottish Ambulance Service rescue a casualty in difficulty at Buckie Braes, Low Road, Perth.

“We sent one appliance and the rope rescue team from Lochgelly.

“They were able to rescue a male casualty and hand him over to a waiting ambulance.”

The spokesperson said the incident was officially stopped at 4.48pm.