Unconscious teenage scout fell 12m into sea from rescue helicopter in Wexford

A teenage scout who was unconscious after being swept into sea with a friend at Hook Head, Co Wexford, tumbled an estimated 12m back into the water during the rescue operation.

The Air Accident Investigation Unit is carrying out a preliminary review of the circumstances of the rescue, which took place last Sunday afternoon after four scouts were knocked into the water by what was described as a freak wave.

Two teenage boys, aged 15, managed to get ashore but the girl and another boy drifted in the water. The four were part of a group from the South Circular Road branch of the Scouts that had been in the area as part of an organised trip.