Lifeboat crew able to revive man who plunged from Tay road bridge
ByNews reporter
Kris Miller, Courier, 07/02/12. Picture today at Broughty Ferry Lifeboat, RNLI. Broughty Ferry Lifeboat station has once again been named as the busiest in Britian. Pic shows smaller boat on the Tay with Scott Gourlay, Kenneth Watson and Craig Johnston.
Broughty Ferry lifeboat crew were able to resuscitate a man who plunged into the Tay on Saturday.
The main lifeboat and inshore boat were both launched at around 2pm after reports a man had fallen from the road bridge.
Operations manager Dave Martin said the casualty was found lying face down in the water.
When recovered he was unconscious and not breathing.
He said: ”We started cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and administered oxygen.
”The whole crew took turns working on him and by the time we got him to shore he was breathing again.”
The man was then taken to Ninewells Hospital.
The bridge was closed during the drama, causing lengthy tailbacks in the city centre.
Lifeboat crew able to revive man who plunged from Tay road bridge
