The Patterdale team was called to aid ambulance paramedics

The Patterdale team was called to aid ambulance paramedics

Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called today to help a walker who had fallen at a Lake District beauty spot.

The 35-year-old suffered a broken arm and cuts to the face after the slip at High Force, near Dockray.

She was treated and her leg was splinted at the scene by ambulance service paramedics, a doctor, and members of the Patterdale team before being airlifted to hospital by the North West Air Ambulance.

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