Mountain rescue team dash to help injured walker
Reporter: Ken Bennett
Date published: 02 January 2026
The rescue team members carefully carried the casualty by stretcher to a waiting ambulance for further care
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team were called out on Saturday evening to assist a walker who had sustained a lower leg injury near Yeoman Hey Reservoir in Saddleworth.
The injury left the person unable to walk.
On reaching the casualty, the team's specially-trained Mountain Rescue Remote Rescue Medical Technicians carried out a full assessment and then splinted the injured leg.
The team members then carefully carried the casualty by stretcher to a waiting ambulance for further care.
An OMRT spokesperson said: "It was a great team effort by all involved.
"We wish the casualty a speedy recovery.”
Twelve team members were involved for an hour-and-a-half.
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