<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/lifesaving" rel="" target="" title="Lifesavers"><span>Lifesavers</span></a><span> have issued a renewed safety reminder after three people were seriously injured in separate cliff falls across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victoria"><span>Victoria</span></a><span> since Friday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man in his 20s was winched from The Pillars in Mount Martha after a fall around 5.15pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics treated him at the scene for serious injuries and he was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital last night.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shark-bite-rose-bay-sydney/aeff3507-aaf1-4b5d-afca-dd998df7e929" target="_blank"><strong><span>Boy fighting for life after attack by 'large' shark at Sydney Harbour beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Just a few hours later, around 8.30pm, high-angle rescue specialists rescued a teenager after he plummeted 40 metres from a cliff edge at Half Moon Bay in Black Rock.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was extricated from the cliff face and lowered onto the beach, where an ambulance transported him to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Friday, emergency services were called to Beaumaris, next to Black Rock, around 1.15pm after a woman fell from a cliff.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/safety-reminder-triggered-after-three-cliff-rescues-across-victoria-in-as-many-days/589d9db0-87db-4d43-b257-2244c51705a8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman, aged in her 30s, was rescued by firefighters and rushed to The Alfred in a critical condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rescues come as Victorians continue to flock to beaches, sparking a renewed safety message from Life Saving Victoria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ebikes-sydney-call-for-action/6cee5ea0-fd92-4992-9ff6-ba616812e40a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Call for action over e-bike gangs in Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It can be inviting to go to these secluded locations, but we do know that this is where people are most often getting into danger," Life Saving Victoria's Dr Bernadette Matthews said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tragically we have found that this has resulted in deaths that have occurred and also tragic injuries as well, spinal injuries that really cause that long-term impact for people."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Matthews urged beachgoers to only visit water areas that were patrolled by lifesavers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know that with this warmer weather and over the summer period, people are really looking at those different locations ot go and recreate around," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It can be really enticing to follow that latest social media trend, but really that is not worth the cost of a life."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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