Incident report

Heavy snow fell throughout the Peak District on Boxing day evening resulting a number of incidents whereby mountain rescue teams were called to assist the ambulance services or recovered stranded motorists.

Buxton team received two calls during the night.  The first call was at 1.15 am following the report a vehicle stranded in the Goyt Valley.  The vehicle had been damaged and the two male occupants from Marple were stranded in deep snow and freezing conditions.  Two 4 x 4 team vehicles with five team members were deployed and the men were collected and taken to safety.

The team was then redeployed to search the A623 road across Tideswell Moor after the report of an elderly couple becoming stranded in a snow bound vehicle.  Despite an extensive search no trace of the couple was found and it was presumed they had been assisted by another motorist but had failed to notify the police.

Team vehicles returned to Dove Base at 06.00 hours.