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injured bike rider, serious leg injury, unconscious person Southern Uplands Serious incident
Glentress, Tinto Hill, Midlothian
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team responded to three overlapping incidents on a Saturday, marking the first time the team has handled three callouts in a single day. The incidents included an injured bike rider at Glentress who was evacuated by air ambulance, a casualty with a serious leg injury on Tinto Hill who was airlifted by rescue helicopter, and a report of an unconscious person in woodland in Midlothian which was resolved before the team arrived.
Outcome: bike rider evacuated by air ambulance, casualty on Tinto Hill airlifted by rescue helicopter, third incident resolved without team intervention
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