A hiker has been saved by mercy crews after struggling a horror 40ft fall right into a gorge at a Scots magnificence spot.
A multi-emergency response descended onto the Satan's Pulpit close to Loch Lomond at 8.36am as we speak. Firefighters, Mountain Rescue groups and ambulance crews had been drafted into the rescue mission, which took over an hour to finish.
A swift water rescue technician additionally examined the scene earlier than the explorer was recovered from the water and handed over to the Scottish Ambulance Service. Their accidents and present situation is unknown.
The stand-down was given at 9.54am.
An announcement from Lomond Mountain Rescue Workforce reads: "At 8.36am, Scottish Hearth and Rescue requested Lomond Mountain Rescue Workforce's help at Finnich Glen (Satan's Pulpit) with a casualty who had fallen roughly 40ft into the gorge.
"The preliminary evaluation by a swift water rescue technician was shortly adopted by extraction by Lomond MRT earlier than being handed over to the Scottish Ambulance Service. The stand-down was given at 09.54am.
"Many due to all companies concerned as we speak and to the employers who enable Mountain Rescue Workforce members to depart work at brief discover to attend callouts."
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