AN elderly gentleman slipped, fell and injured his head while in the Lakes yesterday, resulting in a lot of bleeding, according to mountain rescue.
Keswick Mountain Rescue were called to the scene at Galleny Force in the Langstrath valley after it became clear a rescue was necessary.
A spokesperson from Keswick MRT said: "A member of their party ran down to the Langstrath Hotel to call for an ambulance.
"NWAS called for mountain rescue assistance.
"Meantime, the informant then returned to the casualty, meaning that no further information could be gleaned.
"Team members including two medics attended, they did an assessment of the casualty before escorting the man and his companions back down to the Land Rover, from where the party were taken back to their car to allow them to go to hospital for treatment."
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