Woman seriously injured in 50ft Borrowdale fall


The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to the Borrowdale Valley at 3pm on Friday 17, where a walker had fallen around 50ft down a rocky slope. The woman, in her 50s, had suffered a serious head injury and was put into an induced coma by the doctor-led aircrew before being flown to hospital in Preston where she arrived in a stable condition. GNAAS worked alongside Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and North West Ambulance Service..

The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to the Borrowdale Valley at 3pm on Friday 17, where a walker had fallen around 50ft down a rocky slope.

The woman, in her 50s, had suffered a serious head injury and was put into an induced coma by the doctor-led aircrew before being flown to hospital in Preston where she arrived in a stable condition.

GNAAS worked alongside Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and North West Ambulance Service.

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