Woman dies in day of 'back-to-back' call-outs

The Great North Air Ambulance Service was deployed to help the woman in Weardale

A woman died after collapsing in the fells on a day of "back-to-back call-outs", a mountain rescue team has said.

Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) and the Great North Air Ambulance Service were called to help the woman, who became unwell in an area above St John's Chapel in Stanhope, County Durham, on Saturday.

She died later that day, rescuers said.

The mountain rescue team said it had been deployed to three incidents in two hours.

The team was first called after a woman injured her leg in a fall near to Gibson's Cave in Bowlees, Teesdale.

Working with other emergency services, the team helped to treat and transport her to an ambulance.

The mountain rescue team said Saturday "certainly wasn't quiet"

While finishing that incident, volunteers were called to help a woman who hurt her arm after falling close to the roadside in Bowlees, near Low Force waterfall.

Volunteers were then deployed to help with the fatality.

"Despite everyone's best efforts the lady was sadly pronounced deceased. Our thoughts go out to her family and friends," TWSMRT said.