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Jun 2022

Last Updated: 16/06/2022
Environment
Environment

Boy, 11, rescued after falling at Brimham Rocks

by Suzannah Rogerson

| 16 Jun, 2022
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The boy was treated for arm injuries after falling three or four metres from a rock onto the grass.

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An 11-year-old boy had to be rescued after falling at Brimham Rocks.

The young boy was coming down from one of the high rocks near the car park when he fell onto a grassy area on his arms.

Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association was summoned to help the boy. The team stretchered him to an ambulance where he was treated for arm injuries.

One of the association's volunteers, Derek Hammond, said he thought the boy fell "about three or four metres", putting his arms out to protect himself as he fell.

The volunteer rescue team were at the the National Trust-owned site near Pateley Bridge for 52 minutes.

Just last month, The Stray Ferret wrote about the latest young boy to fall from the rocks. 




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