INCIDENT 76/2022  SEP. 15th THU. 11.34 BANK OF RIVER RIBBLE, SOUTH OF HELLIFIELD, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN* INCIDENT

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…