Calderdale rescue team help walker who tumbled down steep bank near reservoir

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team were called after a woman fell down a steep bank while out walking near Walsden.
Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team carried the woman to a waiting ambulance.Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team carried the woman to a waiting ambulance.
Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team carried the woman to a waiting ambulance.

The rescuers were alerted by paramedics at 12.11pm on Wednesday to help the woman near Gorpley Reservoir.

She was placed into an immobilising vacuum mattress, onto a wheeled stretcher and carried out of the woods along a narrow path to a waiting ambulance.

The team thanked a Yorkshire Water worker who helped them access the area.