A RESCUE operation was mounted on a section of South West Coast Path near Porlock Weir on Thursday evening (July 2) when a walker suffered an injury.

The man had fallen and injured his lower leg and was unable to bear any weight on it.

Exmoor Search and Rescue Team was preparing for a training session when it took a call for help from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Exmoor Search and Rescue Team help an injured walker into the back of an ambulance.
Exmoor Search and Rescue Team help an injured walker into the back of an ambulance. (ESRT)

Rescuers were despatched as the sun was setting and found the man slightly more than half-a-mile from the road.

The advance team with two medical technicians were first to reach the casualty, while the following team carried a stretcher and vacuum splints and secured him on a wheeled stretcher to take him to the road and a waiting ambulance.