Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with an incident near Litton Mill.

A family on holiday, staying locally in the Litton Mill area were walking alongside the River Wye in Water-Cum-Jolly Dale when they heard  something rushing towards them from the limestone cliffs nearby.  A rock the size of a small football was rolling at speed towards them on the path.  The family group, from Melton, Suffolk, included a 50 year old lady, her husband and a 3 month old child in a pushchair.  The lady instinctively covered the pushchair with her body to protect the child and was struck by the rock causing a painful shoulder injury.

Due to the location of the incident, her husband ran for more than 1.5 miles, before obtaining a mobile phone signal to call for assistance.  The injured lady managed to walk with family assistance back to Litton Mill, arriving simultaneously with the first team members.

All medical treatment was by E.M.A.S. staff with little left for the team to do.  Most team members were cancelled before arrival.