VIDEO: Air ambulance rescues casualty from Stanage Edge in Peak District

An air ambulance has rescued a casualty from Stanage Edge in the Peak District.
By Dan Hayes
Published 25th May 2019, 14:18 BST
The air ambulance at Stanage Edge in Derbyshire (photo: Pauline Smithers).The air ambulance at Stanage Edge in Derbyshire (photo: Pauline Smithers).
The air ambulance at Stanage Edge in Derbyshire (photo: Pauline Smithers).

At 8.30pm on Friday an air ambulance landed on the top of the Derbyshire beauty spot to assist an injured person who had fallen about five meters down the vertical cliff.

Two mountain rescue vehicles and an ambulance arrived near the bottom of the edge soon after, with the teams assisting with initial treatment at the site of the accident.

The air ambulance at Stanage Edge in Derbyshire (photo: Pauline Smithers).The air ambulance at Stanage Edge in Derbyshire (photo: Pauline Smithers).
The air ambulance at Stanage Edge in Derbyshire (photo: Pauline Smithers).
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The patient, who is understood to have suffered fractures, was then stretchered to the waiting air ambulance.

Shortly after 9pm, the air ambulance took off from the Edge and flew to Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.

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