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Incident 2026-68: Mountain biker injured, Wharncliffe Woods

Soon after we had restocked the vehicles from our first call of the afternoon at Greno Woods, a second call came in for a mountain biker who had fallen in Wharncliffe Woods. After treatment by Yorkshire Ambulance Service and one of our Remote Rescue Medical Technicians, the casualty was secured in a vacuum mattress and carefully lowered down the steep slope to the ambulance.

Incident2026-68
AlertedThursday 29 October 2026, afternoon
Duration1 hr 50 min
Team members11
Volunteer hours20.2
TypeCasualty evacuation
InvolvingMountain biker
Requested bySouth Yorkshire Police
Working with
Weather
AreaWharncliffe Side
Map position53.46, -1.55
OutcomeTaken to hospital

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