Bamford Edge: Air ambulance rescues injured climber after fall

The climber received strong pain relief at the scene, the rescue team said

A climber who suffered an open fracture injury after falling from a high rock in the Peak District was rescued by the air ambulance.

Edale Mountain Rescue Team was called to Bamford Edge, Derbyshire, to reports of a climber with a "very nasty" lower leg injury on Saturday at 17:56 BST.

The climber had taken a "significant ground fall" at the popular climbing spot, the rescue team said.

They were treated at the scene before being flown to hospital.

The air ambulance transported the patient from Bamford Edge to hospital

A spokesperson for the mountain rescue team said: "As luck would have it a team member who also works for the ambulance service was climbing nearby, so was able to get on scene with the casualty very rapidly.

The team along with a team doctor, were soon on scene to administer strong pain relief and reduce the open fracture."

Earlier, rescuers had responded to another incident at Wyming Brook, near Sheffield, where a walker had fallen and suffered neck and back injuries, the team said.

They were called to the scene at about 15:56 and alongside paramedics treated and immobilised the patient, before carrying them out of the tight and steep ravine on a stretcher back to an ambulance.