A DISTRESSED man was last night rescued from the incoming tide as he lay at bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the Isle of Wight. Coastguard cliff rescue teams abseiled to the foot of the cliff to recover the 47-year-old. He was laying on a ledge near the water's edge. A coastguard spokesman said he had been drinking and was thought to have taken some pills. The man had scrambled down the cliff from a coastal path at Whale Chine off the A3055 Military Road near Chale. He was carried back to the top of the cliff on a stretcher by teams from Needles and Ventnor Coastguard where he passed out. The man was taken by ambulance to St Mary's hospital in Newport. Police alerted the coastguard at about 9.45pm. A police spokesman said: "Officers responded to reports from a member of the public who was concerned for the welfare of a man lying...
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