Emergency services responded to an injured person in Rivington this morning.
Today at around 9.20am, the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by North West Ambulance Service to assist with an injured mountain biker in Rivington, near to the Terraced Gardens.
The first team members were on the scene within nine minutes and commenced a primary assessment.
A spokesman for the service said: “Two of our Landrover Ambulances arrived shortly after to deliver equipment to the scene, followed by members of NWAS’s Hazadous Area Response Team (HART).
!It was quickly established the casualty's condition was serious and a quick transfer to hospital was required.
“The casualty was treated on scene and then loaded onto our specialist Mountain Rescue stretcher fitted with a wheel to make the 800m evacuation back down the track to the ambulance easier.
“We wish the casualty a speedy recovery.”
A total of 15 team members were involved for 1 hour and 50 minutes.
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