Cub Scout Leader Injured on Walk
Teesdale & Weardale Search & Rescue Team were called out
at lunch time today (Sunday 19th March) to assist the ambulance and fire service
in the recovery of a injured walker from a difficult location in upper Weardale.
A Cub Scout leader from Castleside in County Durham had been leading a group
of Cub Scouts on a walk near Westgate in Weardale. Whilst making their way through
a steep section of Slit Wood just North of Westgate the middle aged lady slipped
and fractured her lower leg.
Another party leader went for assistance
but when the ambulance from St Johns Chapel arrived it became apparent that assistance
would be required to carry the lady to safety. Both the Rescue Team and fire fighters
from Stanhope fire station assisted the paramedics in carrying the lady out of
the wood to open ground where the North East Air Ambulance was able to land and
take her to hospital.
Steve Owers, Team spokesman said, "When we
arrived the Cub Scouts were all being well looked after by other members of the
party, at one stage they were singing songs to take their minds off what had happened
to their leader. They were all able to walk out of the wood back to Westgate with
one of our team members"
Steve
Owers
Press Officer
Teesdale & Weardale Search & Rescue Team
19/03/06
1900hrs
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