One person was rescued by emergency services after getting lost in Northumberland.
Monday, 3rd May 2021, 7:51 pm
Volunteers from the North of Tyne and Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Teams were alerted by Northumbria Police at 3.15am today, Monday, May 3, to help locate a missing person in the Kielder area.
With their phone about to lose battery power, the victim called for help and provided information which allowed police to pin point a search by helicopter.
The person was located relatively quickly, and picked up by a Mountain Rescue vehicle.
Emergency services were called in the early hours of the morning
A walker sustained a leg injury after walking on Hadrian’s Wall on Saturday afternoon. After getting into difficulty near Steel Rig, a call was made to the North East Ambulance Service who then requested for the assistance of both the North of Tyne Mountain Rescue and Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Teams. Luckily, an off-duty paramedic was also near to the scene of the injury and was able to help as part of the crew to help get the casualty to safety. The injured individual was also aided by the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), who first moved the walker via stretcher and then using their Polaris off-road vehicle.