Mountain rescuers race to casualty near Edinburgh beauty spot in emergency response
Rescue teams were called out to a popular hiking trail just a short drive from Edinburgh after reports of an accident.
Emergency crews raced to a to help a casualty at a beauty spot near Edinburgh this week.
On Wednesday June 11, rescue teams were called out to a popular hiking trail just a short drive from the capital after reports of an accident.
The Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue teams raced to Glentress Mountain bike trail and made their way to the casualty who had come off their bike, reports Edinburgh Live.
They were assisted on to the stretcher before the casualty was handed over to the care of paramedics.
A statement published online reads: "A call out came through for an accident at our regular stomping ground, Glentress Mountain bike trails.
"Team members immediately deployed to our vehicles and made their way up to the casualty.
"The casualty, who had come off their bike, was assessed by our team members, assisted on to the stretcher and a short carry off was made to an awaiting ambulance so the casualty could be handed over to the care of Scottish Ambulance Service staff.
"We wish the casualty a swift recovery and hope they are back on their bike soon."
In January, in a separate incident, we reported that a group of hillwalkers had to be rescued, after one member injured themselves while climbing a Scots hill.
Images shared by Lomond Mountain Rescue team (MRT) showed mountain rescue responding to a party who had become disoriented in Achray Forest, with one member having fallen and suffering a rib injury.
As the MRT were mobilising, Police Scotland Forth Valley managed to locate the missing persons who were able to walk to waiting vehicles.
It came just days after a major emergency response after a hillwalker fell ill in the Pentland Hills.
Police Scotland contacted the Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team on Friday, January 17, after the alarm was raised to provide support, and the team worked alongside paramedics and officers.
Later that day, the rescue team was also called to assist with evacuating an injured mountain biker at Glentress. The call came in at 1:21 pm, and the team concluded their operations by 3:45 p.m, reports Edinburgh Live.
The Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team explained: "It's already been a fairly lively start to the year for the team. Today saw us called by Police Scotland to assist Scottish Ambulance Service in the evacuation of an injured mountain biker from the 'Twitcher' trail at Glentress.
"We got the callout at 1321hrs, and were stood down at 1545hrs, shortly after the casualty had departed in a Helimed helicopter. We wish the injured person a swift and successful recovery.
"Callout 1 was to assist an injured hillwalker on the Eildon Hills. Callout 2 was to assist an unwell hillwalker on the Pentland Hills.
"Callout 3 was to assist Police Scotland with a drone search for a missing person. This marked the first use of a new drone by SARAA - Search and Rescue Aerial Association, which they had only received a few days previously.
"It marks a big step up in capability particularly at night with a powerful spotlight, night vision camera and massive zoom camera. TVMRT also used our new thermal scope, which was funded through recent donations."
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