An angler (m, 76) slipped down the river bank, South of Little Plantation, near Hellifield, sustaining a back injury. YAS paramedics were first on scene and assessed the patient, before CRO team members helped him on to a Titan stretcher and carried him to the road ambulance. He was helped into the ambulance and team members stood down.
*Footnote: Although a river bank at 120m O.D. is hardly ‘mountainous’, the alternative category for reporting would have been ‘Local Incident – Ambulance Assist’.
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