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Three-hour operation to rescue injured woman on the Wrekin

An injured woman was rescued from the top of the Wrekin today in a three-hour operation by emergency services.

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West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the Shropshire's landmark at 10am after the woman suffered an ankle injury.

An ambulance, together with a paramedic support officer in a rapid response vehicle, a community paramedic and the specialist Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) attended the scene.

An ambulance service spokesman said: "Crews responded to the top of the Wrekin after reports of a walker in difficulties.

"The patient was found to have an ankle injury near the telecommunication mast at the top of the Wrekin.

"The woman, believed to be in her forties, was immobilised with use of a leg splint and given pain relief before being brought to safety by a team of ambulance staff.

"They carried her down the hillside for more than 300 yards before transferring her to the HART team Land Rover. The patient was then driven to a waiting ambulance."

The woman was taken to Telford's Princess Royal Hospital for further assessment and treatment.

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