Rescue operation after person injured in 10-metre fall at Shropshire beauty spot
A woman was injured at a beauty spot near Shrewsbury after falling 10 metres.
The woman, who fell from Queen Eleanor's Bower at Haughmond Hill, had to be airlifted to hospital.
Emergency services responded to 999 calls at 6.30pm on Monday to start what was an hour-long rescue operation.
The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it sent three crews including a specialist rescue tender from Shrewsbury and Wellington to Haughmond Hill.
A spokesperson said: "The incident involved one person who had fallen 10 metres. The crews used trauma care and a basket stretcher to move casualty into the care of ambulance crews."
The West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 6.27pm to a patient that had fallen from a height. One ambulance, a paramedic officer, Hazardous Area Response Team paramedics and the Midland Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene.
"Upon arrival we found a woman with serious injuries. She received treatment at the scene and was conveyed to Royal Stoke University Hospital by air ambulance for further assessment.”
Haughmond Hill is a well-known walking and climbing spot.
Queen Eleanor's Bower, a much less visited part of the popular hill, is an Anglo-Saxon earthwork situated on a knoll near the base of the south western side giving visiting views to the Severn Valley and Shrewsbury.
The ancient ring-work is overlooked by a rocky shelf to the south east, separated from the knoll by a steep-sided gully.
