Search team rescues injured hiker above Horseshoe Falls

* Newsar's picture of the rescue yesterday.

Leader Live is reporting this morning (Tuesday) that a search and rescue team was called out to assist with an injured hiker in Llangollen.

The story says: "On Monday afternoon North Wales Police asked North East Wales Search and Rescue (NEWSAR) to assist a woman who had sustained a leg injury on a hill above the Horseshoe Falls.

"Team members quickly reached the site and provided pain relief and splinting, before using a rope system to protect the stretcher on the steeper parts of the journey down to the road.

"The woman was then conveyed to hospital by a private car."

* For the full story, see: https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19822428.llangollen-search-rescue-team-assists-injured-hiker/?fbclid=IwAR2sCU3y4FHBn0OtS6akblQZTud6Cc2jXcaN-q1sN5QWLbtNGJS_ExLRhTU