Rescue team deployed to help injured cyclist in Sheffield woods

Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team were called out to ‘assist with the extraction of an injured mountain biker’ alongside the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in Wharncliffe Woods just after noon on Sunday.

The team posted details about the incident on Facebook and said: “After taking a fall from their mountain bike, the casualty had sustained a suspected fracture dislocation to their arm.

"As a result, pain relief was administered and the arm was placed in a splint before walking the gentleman to the teams vehicle for a trip back to the road head where the ambulance and paramedics were waiting.

“We wish the gentleman a speedy recovery.”