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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Mountain rescue team urges Brits to stay at home after late-night operation to rescue injured woman on moors

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team (OMRT) of a three-hour late-night operation to assist an injured woman on moorland (Picture: PA)

Mountain rescuers have urged people to stay at home after a three-hour late-night operation to assist an injured woman on moorland in Lancashire.

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team (OMRT) said it was called out by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) on Saturday night.

They were brought in to help recover the casualty who had hurt her leg "whilst out enjoying the Easter sun".

It comes after repeated calls from the Government to stick to lockdown rules over Easter Bank Holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A team of 18 personnel were involved in responding to the incident on Blackstone Edge near Littleborough, Rochdale.

In a statement on its Facebook page, OMRT said: "Late on Saturday evening, the Team was asked by North West Ambulance Service to assist them with the evacuation of a young female who had sustained a lower leg injury whilst out enjoying the Easter sun on Blackstone Edge.

"She was treated at the scene by NWAS before being carried by stretcher to our Land Rover and then transported to the road head for onward transport in the NWAS ambulance.

"All of this was done while following OMRT's Covid-19 protocol and observing social distancing wherever possible, as well as further time back at base disinfecting kit and making sure we're ready to respond to the next call.

"Can we please take this opportunity to ask that people stick to government advice and STAY AT HOME."

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