Rescue team rush to aid injured girl

The injured girl is helped to safety

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist the North West Ambulance Service after a female walker fell and injured her lower leg at Dovestone on Wednesday.

Rescue team leader Rob Tortoiseshell said: “We accessed the casualty's location in our Land Rover and soon had one of our medics assessing and treating her.

"She was then packaged on our stretcher and wheel before being carried round to the waiting NWAS ambulance.”

Nine OMRT personnel were involved for just over an hour.

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