Airlift for man injured in Shropshire ladder fall trying to rescue cat
A man in his 60s was airlifted to hospital after falling from a step ladder while rescuing a cat from the roof of a caravan.
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The man, who was trying to rescue the animal at a caravan site in Wentnor, near Bishop's Castle, suffered a head injury and fractures to his arm and ankle in the fall.
Claire Brown, spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said the man was placed in a neck collar and on a spinal board at the scene before being airlifted to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further treatment.
