Express & Star

Teenage jogger taken to hospital after falling down steep Sedgley slope

A teenager jogger was forced to phone for help after falling two metres down a steep slope in Sedgley, disappearing from view of the path.

Published

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a pathway near Northway, at just after 6.30pm this evening.

An ambulance together with the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and a community paramedic attended the scene.

Steve Parry, a West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman, said: "Crews responded to Sedgley following reports of a jogger falling two metres down a steep slope.

"A woman, believed to be 17-years-old, was treated for neck and back injuries. She had fallen down a slope and out of sight of the main pathway. The patient eventually used her mobile phone to alert a friend who called the emergency services.

"The HART team and ambulance crews brought the woman to safety using a specialist stretcher.

"The patient was immobilised with the use of a neck collar and given pain relief before she was taken by land ambulance to New Cross Hospital for further assessment and treatment."

Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article.