Woman airlifted to hospital in Sheffield after serious fall

A woman was airlifted to hospital in Sheffield after mountain rescue team volunteers went to her aid following a serious fall.
By Claire Lewis
Published 23rd May 2019, 09:04 BST
Updated 23rd May 2019, 17:01 BST
Mountain rescue volunteers helped a woman who suffered a serious fall near to the Woodhead Pass (Pic: Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team)Mountain rescue volunteers helped a woman who suffered a serious fall near to the Woodhead Pass (Pic: Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team)
Mountain rescue volunteers helped a woman who suffered a serious fall near to the Woodhead Pass (Pic: Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team)

She was walking at Middle Black Clough, just off the Woodhead Pass, when she fell at around 3.30pm yesterday.

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Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team volunteers responded to the incident and were assisted by Glossop Mountain Rescue Team.

A woman was airlifted to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield after she was helped by mountain rescue team volunteers (Pic: Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team)A woman was airlifted to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield after she was helped by mountain rescue team volunteers (Pic: Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team)
A woman was airlifted to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield after she was helped by mountain rescue team volunteers (Pic: Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team)

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The woman was winched from the hillside by a Maritime Coastguard Agency helicopter and transferred to an air ambulance before being flown to the Northern General Hospital for treatment.

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Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team said the rescue was ‘another example of our emergency services working together to help those in need’.

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