Injured walker rescued after Criffel fall

Mountain rescuers took the casualty off the hillside

A walker had to be stretchered to safety after getting injured between the summits of Knockendoch and Criffel in the Southern Uplands.

Twenty-one members of Moffat and Galloway mountain rescue teams - including a paramedic - were sent to the scene on Monday afternoon.

The woman had slipped and suffered a suspected broken ankle on the hills near New Abbey.

She was given pain relief before being stretchered off the hillside to a waiting ambulance.

The incident happened on Monday afternoon

The two mountain rescue teams were called out by Police Scotland at about 13:30.

The injured woman was taken to hospital for further treatment and the rescuers stood down at 19:00.

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