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Boy, 7, rushed to hospital after 30ft fall onto stone path at Greater Manchester beauty spot
21.02.2023 - 15:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A seven-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after falling 30ft onto a stone path at a popular beauty spot near Bolton.
Emergency service workers and mountain rescuers were scrambled to the scene at the Rivington Terraced Gardens, near Rivington Pike, yesterday afternoon (Monday). The youngster 'tumbled 30 feet down steep ground' below a bridge, before landing on a stone path.
After being rescued, he was rushed to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital from the scene in an ambulance. The air ambulance was also called to the scene.
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The boy's condition has not yet been confirmed. A post on the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team Facebook page: "At 14:04 this afternoon the team was contacted by North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust who were requesting our attendance to help extricate a casualty at Rivington Terraced Gardens.
"An NWAS crew and North West Air Ambulance Charity aircraft were already in attendance. A seven year old boy was reported to have tumbled some 30 feet down steep ground below the Seven Arches Bridge landmark, eventually coming to rest on a stone path.
"Working with the NWAS and NWAA crews on scene the young man was carried up to the bridge and transferred to an NWAS ambulance for transfer by road to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Our thanks go to numerous members of staff from United Utilities for their assistance during this incident."
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