Praise has been heaped on the helpful souls of Angus who ensured an injured pensioner received urgent medical treatment.
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance was called to Lunan Bay on Monday after an elderly lady badly injured her hip.
A thick sea haar had descended over the coast in the afternoon and the helicopter was unable to land on the beach where the woman lay stranded with her partner.
The fog forced the crew to land in a field in Maryton three miles from the beach but the paramedics were rushed to the scene at the beach thanks to two good Samaritans.
The helpers drove the ambulance crew to the car park at Lunan Bay where they met up with the road ambulance unit who were already treating the woman.
The locals have been highly commended by lead paramedic John Pritchard, who said their help and local knowledge was invaluable.
“We were tasked at around 4.35pm and it took us only 16 minutes to get there from our Perth air base,” he said.
“However, because of the haar that had come in we couldn’t get on to the beach. We tried several times but we had to land in a field nearby in Maryton.
“Thankfully a very delightful local lady assisted us by driving us down to the car park at Lunan Bay where we met up with one of the crew from the ambulance unit who brought us up to speed.”
John said that without their help, the haar and the soft sand dunes would have made the rescue attempt much harder.
He added: “It just shows the teamwork ethic that the emergency services have. Everyone assisted us.
“There are times when you have to rely on people to help you and give you that bit of knowledge. That then helps the patient and it helps ease the stress on everyone.
“I’ve got so much praise for these people.”
NHS Tayside confirmed that the woman has been attended to at hospital and her condition is described as stable.