Mountain rescue crews assisted to help a person who had a broken ankle in Cowbury Dale near Carrbrook.
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were called out on Thursday afternoon (May 28) by North West Ambulance Service to help due to the rough terrain.
They helped carry the casualty on a stretcher for around a mile to the waiting ambulance.
Sixteen mountain rescue members were involved in total, for around two hours and 50 minutes.
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“People thought they weren’t going to do anything from now on and the fear that instilled in other people. The police knocked on every house on our road and not one of them would give any information.”
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