Curbar Edge climber suffers 'significant head injury' in crag fall

A male climber suffered a "significant head injury" after falling down a crag in the Peak District.

Edale Mountain Rescue Team were called to Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, following a report of a four-metre (13.1ft) fall, on Monday afternoon.

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), the air ambulance and Buxton Mountain Rescue were also involved due to the "severity" of the incident.

A member of the public filmed the rescue.

Edale Mountain Rescue said in a Facebook post: "The climber was assessed and treated at the base of the crag, immobilised on a stretcher and carried up the steep scramble to the crag top where the helicopter had landed."

EMAS said the patient was taken to Sheffield Northern General Hospital, where his condition is stable.

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