Video: Teen suffers spinal injuries after cliff dive goes wrong at Cathedral Cove beach

January 24, 2018

A female teenager has been picked up by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter from Cathedral Cove, Coromandel today, after a cliff dive gone wrong left her with spinal injuries.

A spokesperson for the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter told 1 NEWS they were sent to Cathedral Cove around 2pm today after being alerted to a teenage girl being injured from a cliff dive that ended with her landing badly.

Footage sent to 1 NEWS shows the helicopter landing as a large crowd of beachgoers watch on.

The teenager has been taken to Auckland Hospital in a moderate condition.

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