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Large emergency services response as climber suffers serious fall at Welsh beauty spot
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Police and the ambulance services were called after a climber took a significant fall at Craig y Forwen, part of World’s End
Emergency services responded to a climber’s fall.
- A large emergency services response was launched after a climber fell at Craig y Forwen in north east Wales on Sunday evening, May 3.
- Police, ambulance services and the North East Wales Search and Rescue (NEWSAR) team were scrambled to the scene. The crag is part of World’s End valley, which runs between Llangollen and Wrexham.
- Witnesses reported multiple ambulances and police vehicles attending the incident.
- A NEWSAR spokesperson said: “The Welsh Ambulance Service assessed and stabilised the casualty on scene, and the team assisted with a stretcher carry to the waiting ambulance.”
- The climber was taken to hospital for further checks. NEWSAR wished them “a full and speedy recovery”.
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