Heroes help rescue collapsed woman in Tandle Hill park
The Oldham Mountain Rescue Team assisted in rescuing an elderly woman who collapsed in Tandle Hill country park. The team was called by the North West Ambulance Service and helped transport the woman from near the trig point to an ambulance using a stretcher and a 4x4 vehicle. Thirteen team members were involved in the two-hour operation.
Thirteen Oldham Mountain Rescue Team volunteers spent two hours Sunday ferrying an elderly woman who collapsed at Tandle Hill Country Park from the hilltop trig point to a waiting ambulance.
The call for help reached the unit shortly after midday when North West Ambulance Service crews found they could not carry the patient across the rough ground. Rescue volunteers arrived quickly, slid her onto a stretcher and loaded her into their 4x4 for the short drive to the roadside ambulance.
Paramedics had already stabilised the woman where she fell; the mountain rescue crew simply provided muscle and wheels. No update on her condition has been released.
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