A man has been airlifted to hospital with suspected spinal injuries after falling from a window of a derelict building in Bridlington.
The coastguard assisted the air ambulance, which landed in the Limekiln Lane car park, next to the coastguard station, shortly after 10.30am this morning.
Watch assistant Gary Harris said coastguards had helped a paramedic reach the casualty, at the site in Palace Avenue, Bridlington.
The man is thought to have fallen between 25 and 40 feet. It is thought the accident may have happened several hours before he was found.
Mr Harris said: "The first we knew about it was when the air ambulance landed in the car park next to us.
"The coastguard helped them to the site and was there to assist if needed.
"The man was in an awkward place in a derelict building."
Firefighters helped paramedics secure the injured man to a long board stretcher and he was then airlifted to hospital.
The fire crew forced their way into the building, which is earmarked for demolition as part of a regeneration project, to search the interior.
No one from Humberside Police was available to comment.
