Hospital alarm delays landing
A 14-year-old boy airlifted from a Shropshire beauty spot had to hover over Shrewsbury's hospital in the helicopter after a fire alarm was activated. A 14-year-old boy airlifted from a Shropshire beauty spot had to hover over Shrewsbury's hospital in the helicopter after a fire alarm was activated. The boy had fallen and dislocated his knee while hiking in Church Stretton's Cardingmill Valley yesterday afternoon. The air ambulance was called to take him to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. However, on arrival the helicopter was unable to land. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star.
The boy had fallen and dislocated his knee while hiking in Church Stretton's Cardingmill Valley yesterday afternoon.
The air ambulance was called to take him to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. However, on arrival the helicopter was unable to land.
Dave Turner, spokesman for the County Air Ambulance, said: "On arrival at the hospital a fire alarm was sounding and the Fire and Rescue Service were just arriving.
"The air ambulance hovered for some minutes close to the hospital, watching the activity below while the fire service attended, checked and secured the area before we could land."
A spokesman for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said the call-out had been a false alarm.
The boy had been taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme trip when he slipped at the top of the valley at about 2.20pm.
Both the land ambulance from Craven Arms and the County Air Ambulance from Cosford attended.
Paramedics Amanda Clee and Candice Roe were first on the scene and located the youth some distance up the track from the car park.
Ms Clee said: "The area was very busy with holidaymakers picnicking at the time, and some of them had to pack up and move away to allow the air ambulance to put down."