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falls with injuries Lake District

Blencathra, Ennerdale (Loft Beck), Red Pike (Bleaberry Tarn)

Three separate incidents occurred in the Lake District involving a runner with head injuries and a broken arm in a gill on Blencathra, a woman with a suspected broken shoulder near Loft Beck in Ennerdale, and a man with a broken leg near Bleaberry Tarn on Red Pike. All three casualties were airlifted by helicopter to hospital in Carlisle.

Outcome: all three casualties airlifted to hospital by RAF and air ambulance helicopters

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