Incident report

A joint call-out for Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams following the report of 70 year old male walker from Sheffield having sustained an ankle injury.

Following first aid by rescue team members the gentleman was carried by stretcher for some distance up hill, over a narrow footbridge and several stiles, back to the road to a waiting ambulance.  The casualty was then transferred to a Sheffield hospital for further examination.

Photo Credit: Team members restocking equipment in to vehicles on the narrow Abney road following the incident.