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Mountain rescue attended to a woman with a "serious" injury today (April 8) in Rivington. The 34-year-old sustained the injury to her lower leg in the Liverpool Castle vicinity of the beauty spot. North West Air Ambulance attended the scene, landing a helicopter nearby to where the causality was.
Read more: Bolton Mountain Rescue Team called after Rivington incident Read more: 'Perfect storm' at hospital resulting in ambulance delays and operational issues Read more: Bolton filmmaker’s 'horror comedy' filmed in Rivington gets world premiere A Bolton Mountain Rescue spokesperson said: "At 12.20pm today we were contacted by North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust who asked us to attend an incident involving a 34 year old female who had sustained a serious lower leg injury in the vicinity of the Liverpool Castle folly in Rivington. "While team vehicles were mobilising from our bases, two team members (who were very nearby, in Horwich) headed directly to the incident.
"North West Ambulance Service paramedics were already on scene. The Blackpool-based North West Air Ambulance landed in an adjacent clearing shortly after our team members arrived. "Our team members assisted the paramedics in their treatment of the casualty.
Once the casualty was safely within the ambulance, our team members departed. "We wish the casualty a rapid and full recovery.".
