Ankle Injury on Stybarrow Crag
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2024_074 · 24 August 2024
Callout 2024_074
Injured walker
The Team was alerted by both NWAS and Cumbria Police to a female who had slipped when descending from the fell and sustained an ankle injury. As she was not far from the road the Team was quickly on scene. The injury was treated, and the casualty was taken to the road by stretcher then transferred in a Team vehicle to the Rescue Base to await a land ambulance to take her to hospital.
The callout in numbers
9
Team members
3½
Hours on the hill
74
Callout of the year
Other agencies
Cumbria Police.
With thanks to Cumbria Police.
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