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fall from height Highlands Serious incident
Fyrish Hill, near Alness
A six-year-old child and a 29-year-old man fell approximately 300 feet down the side of Fyrish Hill near Alness in the Scottish Highlands. The child sustained a fractured leg and was lowered by rope system to a forestry track before being airlifted to Raigmore Hospital; the man suffered minor injuries and walked off the hill with assistance.
Outcome: child airlifted to hospital with fractured leg, man walked off with minor injuries
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Sources
- Young boy left with broken leg in hospital after 300ft plunge on Scots hill
- Six-year-old boy airlifted to hospital after 300ft fall from cliff
- Man and boy hurt as Fyrish Hill fall in Easter Ross triggers emergency response - Ross-shire Journal
- Man and boy hurt as Fyrish Hill fall in Easter Ross triggers emergency response
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