text: A teenage girl has suffered serious injuries after falling 200ft from a cliff at a campsite - in front of her horrified father. The 15-year-old girl, named locally as Leah Price from the Nottingham area, was airlifted to hospital last night from the Blue Dolphin camping site near Filey, North Yorkshire. It is believed she lost her footing on the cliffs. A retired woman who owns a caravan near the cliff has said she heard crying and shouting before she rushed outside. Tragedy: The cliffs at Filey where a 15-year-old girl, named locally as Leah Price,  fell. She was airlifted to hospital  with serious injuries. Police say it is believed she may have been sat on the cliff edge with a friend . She said: 'A man, who I think was her dad, was in such a hurry to get to the cliff that he flew passed our van in a great big transit van and nearly tore the corner off our van. 'I could hear crying and shouting, so I went outside to see what was happening. I could hear crying in a van, it was such a drama. 'It happened right at the back of our caravan. We back onto the field and then there is the cliff edge. We first thought that somebody had thrown themselves over. 'Where she went over it was a bit of a slope whereas further up it is more of a sheer drop.' The holidaymaker said coastguards arrived within ten minutes and there was a scene of over a dozen emergency service people on the field. She said: 'It was still daylight and we were thinking "please find her before the light goes". The coastguard was shining their headlights over the cliff and a helicopter came and swept around and went to the sea. 'Others were hammering things into the ground to attach ropes to. A lot of dog walkers walk on the path called Cleveland Way where she had been walking. 'It is a couple of feet from the path to the cliff. I don't know why she was walking so close to the edge. I hope that this will mean they put fences up, especially where the vans are.' Camping site: The cliffs where the girl fell are near the Blue Dolphin Holiday Park in North Yorkshire. Her father was said to have witnessed the incident and alerted the emergency services . The coastguard has revealed that the call to emergency services was made by the girl's father who witnessed his teenage daughter 'accidentally falling over a cliff edge'. The incident happened before 8pm and North Yorkshire Police and the coastguard were dispatched to the scene within ten minutes. A lifeboat crew was also called out to the scene in Filey but was not needed as the girl landed on land and not in the sea. It is not clear how the girl, who was taken to hospital in Hull, came to fall from the cliff but a spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said it was believed she may have been sitting at the cliff edge with a friend. The force confirmed this morning that the girl was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with head injuries and police say she is in a critical but stable condition. The Blue Dolphin site is run by Haven, described on its website as 'Britain's largest provider of domestic holidays with family holiday parks around the UK'. A spokesman for the holiday park said: 'Leah's father alerted our security team immediately after his daughter's fall from the cliff path. 'The coastguard and police, assisted by a Sea King helicopter, were quickly on the scene. 'We are continuing to offer assistance to Leah's family and friends through this difficult and painful time.' Another holidaymaker who owns a van at the site said: 'I think they were on holiday here. Nobody knows them so I don't think they own a van here. 'It makes my stomach to turn over to think that somebody's child went over the cliff.' A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said this afternoon: 'We can now advise that the girl who fell from the cliff at Filey on the night of April 9 is from the Nottingham area. 'She remains in a critical but stable condition in Hull Royal Infirmary.' A spokesman for The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: 'The UK Coastguard were contacted on Thursday evening by a father who witnessed his teenage daughter accidentally falling over a cliff edge. 'Coastguard Rescue Teams training nearby were able to get on scene within ten minutes. 'Specially trained cliff technicians were able to descend to the girl and administer first aid until the Coastguard rescue helicopter arrived on scene.'
target: Teenager was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with serious head injuries .
  She has been named locally as Leah Price from the Nottingham area .
  Her father witnessed the incident and alerted the emergency services .
  Police said the girl is still in a critical but stable condition this afternoon .