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Incident No: 03 2019

Date: 15 January 2019
Time: 12.04 hrs
Location: Housesteads, Hadrian’s Wall

North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and ourselves were called to an incident on Tuesday afternoon by the North East Ambulance Service. A walker had sadly collapsed and died near to Hadrian’s Wall.

The Great North Air Ambulance Service and Northumbria Police were also involved in this tragic incident.

Our thoughts are with the walker’s family, friends and companions, who he had been walking with at the time.

The incident involved 20 Team members for 4.5 hours.

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Incident No: 41 2017

Date: 26 August 2017
Time: 18.35hrs
Location: Housesteads, Hadrian’s Wall

The Team and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by Northumbria Police to assist in locating and evacuating a male who was suffering severe chest pains. The request for assist had come initially from the North East Ambulance Service.

The male was located 1/4 mile from Milecastle 37 just to the west of Housesteads. Due to the nature of the male’s condition, helicopter support was requested. The Great North Air Ambulance Service responded and was able to land on near the casualty, before flying them to hospital.

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The incident involved 2 Team members for 56 minutes.

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