Two-year-old child plunges 15ft onto a busy beach sparking major rescue operation

• Girl fell from walkway above Meadfoot beach in Torquay onto the ground below
• Police, coastguards and paramedics scrambled and found child unconscious
• She has now been taken to hospital where her condition is not currently known 

A two-year child fell 15ft on to a busy beach this afternoon, sparking a major operation by the emergency services.

The girl fell from the walkway above Meadfoot beach in Torquay onto the ground below at around lunchtime today.  

Police, coastguards and paramedics were scrambled to the scene and found the girl unconscious. She is now in hospital but her condition is not currently known. 

A spokesman for the Coastguard said: 'The Ambulance service were called initially to reports of a two-year-old child who had fallen from the walkway on to the beach below.

'Air ambulance and land ambulances were in attendance and treated her at the scene.

'She was conscious when we arrived and probably had fallen about 15ft.

'She is currently being conveyed by land ambulance to Torbay Hospital. We attended to get the casualty from the beach to the ambulance.'