Boy found injured at cliff bottom

A boy was taken to hospital in a serious condition after he was found lying at the bottom of a cliff in Dunedin yesterday afternoon.

A witness told the Otago Daily Times that he saw a young boy holding his hand near his head in pain at the bottom of the cliff at Shore St near Bayfield High School.

A Hato Hone St John spokesman said it responded with an ambulance about 1.30pm.

One patient was assessed at the scene and transported to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition.