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injured walker Lake District
Buttermere
Two Lake District mountain rescue teams assisted a walker with a suspected broken ankle near Buttermere on 30 December after the casualty fell while descending a rocky path. The ankle was splinted and the walker was evacuated to a waiting ambulance at Sykes Farm Café. The operation took three and a half hours.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by ambulance after ankle splinting
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