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fall from crag Peak District Serious incident
Trinnacle, Dovestone (Saddleworth)
A 36-year-old man fell approximately 50 metres from the Trinnacle near Dovestone in February after blacking out whilst training for a charity climb. He was rescued by Oldham Mountain Rescue Team and evacuated by Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Sheffield Northern General Hospital with severe injuries to his right leg, which surgeons successfully saved. Several months later, he provided meals to the rescue teams as thanks for saving his life.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by air ambulance to hospital with serious leg injury; limb saved by surgery
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