Rescuers from Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and North West Ambulance Service attended
The incident took place in the Sunnyhurst woods area on Tuesday afternoon . The 85-year-old woman was left with back pain and rescuers from Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and North West Ambulance Service attended the scene.
The woman was loaded onto a mountain rescue stretcher. The stretcher was then lowered by rope to the track below from where the casualty was conveyed to a waiting ambulance.A spokesperson for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team said: "The team were requested to assist North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust this afternoon with the extraction of an 85-year-old female with back pain who had fallen down a ravine in the Sunnyhurst woods area of Darwen.
"The team deployed three team vehicles and twelve team members who were able to load the casualty onto a mountain rescue stretcher. The stretcher was then lowered by rope to the track below from where the casualty was conveyed to a waiting ambulance.
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