Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of a walker having sustained a leg injury in Dam Dale near Smalldale.  A 58 year old man from Knottingley, Yorkshire, was walking with a group of friends when a simple slip in the muddy conditions caused a suspected fracture of the ankle.

The man was treated by E.M.A.S. paramedics before being carried to the nearest farm where the ambulance was waiting to convey him to a Chesterfield hospital.  The team acknowledge the help and assistance of the farmer in the evacuation of the casualty.