The Snaefell Mountain Railway played a key part in a rescue when, just after 1pm on Monday June 22nd, an emergency call alerted services to the stricken walker who had suffered a leg injury.
Medical staff were ferried up Snaefell Mountain by the mountain railway after a walker was reported injured.
The Snaefell Mountain Railway transported ambulance staff to the scene where they treated the casualty while firefighters and coastguard crews worked to safely bring the walker down.
Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service station officer Brian Quirk explained that shortly after 1pm on Monday afternoon their Hill Search Team was mobilised by the Emergency Services Joint Control Room as part of a multi-agency response to reports of an injured walker on Snaefell. A member of the group who had been walking provided a what3words location which quickly helped responding teams identify their location.
Once the Isle of Man Ambulance Service colleagues had given initial care to the lower leg injury, crews worked in rotation with Isle of Man Coastguard officers to recover the person from the hill using a specialist hill-rescue stretcher.
Officer Quirk expressed gratitude to the Snaefell Mountain Railway staff for transporting some of the initial Isle of Man Ambulance staff quickly to the scene and continuing to offer their services throughout the recovery.
Emergency crews remained at the scene for approximately 90 minutes before the casualty was successfully rescued.