Boy, 7, rushed to hospital after 30ft fall onto stone path at Greater Manchester beauty spot
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 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. READ MORE: 'Amazing' dad and pub landlord, 35, died suddenly days after surgery on broken leg 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.
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