Rescue – New Wath Scar – 27th April 13:36 (25/2021)
Called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to reports of a gentleman who had fallen in the boulder field in the bottom of New Wath Scar. The gentleman had sustained a head injury and was unconscious in the stream.
After initial treatment on the stream bank by Yorkshire Ambulance Service and the Fire and Rescue Service the gentleman was loaded onto one of our Bell Stetchers, evacuated from the gorge and carried a distance upstream by ourselves and officers from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to the waiting Yorkshire Air Ambulance. He was then flown to definitive medical care.
Our thoughts are with the gentleman and his family.
In a true multi-services response there were crews from Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). Yorkshire Air Ambulance. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, North Yorkshire Police and ourselves. We had nine team members and three vehicles deployed for three hours.
