A man was airlifted to hospital after being injured in a quad bike accident in North Yorkshire.
Cleveland Mountain Rescue said it was called in by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service on Monday afternoon (September 2) to help with a quad bike accident on farmland south-west of Westerdale, where a man had reportedly sustained potentially serious injuries.
A spokesperson for the team said: "The first Mountain Rescue Team member to arrive commenced an assessment of the casualty’s injuries and was then joined by others as they arrived.
"The team requested the attendance of an air ambulance. Fortunately, Yorkshire Air Ambulance had been monitoring the incident and were already on their way, landing just a few minutes later.
"After treatment, initially by the rescue volunteers and then by the air ambulance crew, the casualty was secured within a vacuum mattress and carried approximately 200-metres on a rescue stretcher down to the helicopter before being flown to hospital."
The rescue involved 24 Cleveland MRT members for approximately two-and-a-half hours.
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