Incident report

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service and North West Ambulance Service dealing with a high speed cycling accident on the narrow Hooleyhey Lane to the east of Lamaload reservoir.  

A 43 year old man from Pentre Broughton, Wrexham, was participating in an organised event when his cycle left the road on a bend at the bottom of a steep hill.  Ambulance service paramedics, assisted by the fire crew, treated the casualty for serious multiple injuries.  Buxton team members then carried the casualty to a nearby road ambulance where further examination could be carried out.

Following several minutes of treatment the casualty was then transfered onto a mountain rescue stretcher and carried a short distance up hill to where the North West Air-ambulance had been able to land.  The man was then airlifted to a Manchester hospital.

Photo credits; BMRT.  top – casualty carried to a road ambulance for assessment.         lower –  team members carry the casualty to the North West Air-ambulance.