Incidents

Casualty on railway tracks

5th Sep 2023

Attendees: 12

Duration : 1hrs 47min

Total Attendance Time : 21hr 24 mins

The team, along with North Yorkshire Police, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, and the fire service, were called to the railway line near Firth Street and Upper Sackville Street, Skipton, following reports of a casualty on the tracks. The team assisted the ambulance service with recovering the casualty. A British Transport Police spokesman said: "Paramedics also attended and a woman was taken to hospital where she is receiving treatment for injuries which are believed to be life-changing. The incident is not being treated as suspicious."