Coastguard groups from Crosby and Southport had been referred to as into motion final evening after a hiker was injured whereas trekking on Snowdon. Both crews had been tasked with establishing a touchdown web site on the Joe Stone taking part in fields on Lower Lane, Fazakerley, because the coastguard helicopter got here in to land close to Aintree hospital.
A HM Coastguard Crosby spokesman mentioned: “Yesterday evening our team and Southport Coastguard team were tasked to set up a landing site (HLS) at Joe Stone playing field. This was in order to facilitate Coastguard helicopter rescue 936 landing in order to bring an injured hiker from Snowdon for treatment.
“The crew attended and secured the helicopter touchdown web site and accomplished a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) verify.
“Shortly after Rescue 936 landed and the affected person was transferred right into a ready ambulance and brought to Aintree hospital for evaluation and remedy. We want the affected person a speedy restoration.”
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