The Holme Valley team went to the injured cyclist's aid

A mountain biker was rescued after breaking his leg in a fall.

Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team was called out to the incident near Brockholes, south of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, on Thursday.

The team was alerted after the biker fell shortly before 8pm.

A Holme Valley MRT spokesperson said: “One of the group knew a member of the HVMRT and, on recognising the difficulty of the terrain, made a direct phone call to request the assistance of the team, as well as making a 999 call for an ambulance.

“A fast response paramedic and two members of HVMRT arrived on scene to assess the situation and stabilise the casualty as the rest of the team and a vehicle were mobilised for an evacuation.

“The casualty had suffered a lower-leg fracture, which was stabilised on site while a stretcher party from HVMRT was dispatched.

“The casualty was placed on the stretcher and carried through woodland to a road ambulance for evacuation to hospital.”

Assistant team leader Owen Phillips, who was one of the first on the scene, said: “The casualty really wasn’t far from the road but the narrowness of the path and slippery conditions underfoot would have made it difficult for an evacuation to take place with just the normal kit carried on an ambulance.

“One of the group of cyclists made a good assessment of the conditions and thought to request the mountain rescue team straight away.

“As a result we were able to get things in motion pretty quickly and by the time the ambulance arrived we already had a stretcher party on scene.

“A response paramedic was there to stabilise the fracture, and then it was just a case of us getting personnel and a stretcher to the site for a carry off.

“After a short carry through the woods, he was on his way to hospital to be checked over.”