A mountain rescue team helped a fell runner who suffered injuries in an accident.

Mountain Rescue Team volunteers stretchered the woman from near White Nancy at Kerridge to an ambulance at Redway Lane in the village.

The runner, 58, from Macclesfield, had tripped and fallen, sustaining head and shoulder injuries in the accident, on Wednesday, September 11.

North West Ambulance paramedics treated the woman initially but called in North West Air Ambulance due to the injuries.

The aircraft landed close to the scene but deteriorating weather conditions and poor visibility meant the crew was unable to take the woman.

Mountain rescue’s Buxton Team was called and responded with 11 personnel and a member from the Kinder Team – the second crew which forms the full team.

The woman was transferred to Macclesfield Hospital for treatment.

Ian Hurst MBE, president of the team, said:  “We’re there to help in incidents like this on the hills around Macclesfield.”

The mountain rescue team, a charity which relies on donations and fundraising, will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year.

Events are planned and there is a campaign to raise £50,000 to replace the team vehicle.  

The organisation was founded following the deaths of three scouts in a blizzard on the Bleaklow Moors. 

It was one of several moorland rescue teams which became The Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation. 

Ian said:  “Fifty years on and the ethos of local people volunteering to help others in distress lives on. 

“In 1964, the team responded to just a handful of incidents and operated on around £150 per year. 

“In 2013, the team has 45 members from two bases running three vehicles and responding to more than 100 calls a year and costing £35,000.

“Half a century of service is worth celebrating and with people’s help it can continue for another 50 years.”

Visit www.buxtonmountainrescue.org.uk.