Injured hill walker saved

10:30AM, Monday 04 January 2021

FIREFIGHTERS rescued an elderly man who had sprained his ankle in woodland near Watlington and was unable to walk any more.

A crew from Henley helped the man, who was in his eighties and had been walking at Watlington Hill, a National Trust site, on Christmas Day.

They used a stretcher to carry him to a fire service 4x4 vehicle in which he was transported to a waiting ambulance.

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