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UK medics face potatoes, barbed wire for rescue

Reaching fallen hiker involved following track that is unsuitable for vehicles and crossing potato fields and barbed wire fencing

STAFFORDSHIRE, England — UK medics braved potato fields surrounded by barbed wire to reach a fallen hiker.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said that the woman in her 60s was walking when she tripped in Staffordshire, according to the Birmingham Mail.

“Getting to her involved going along a track that is unsuitable for vehicles and crossing potato fields and barbed wire fencing,” the spokesman said.

“Crews got to her, and her arm was put into a splint and she was given pain relief then securely placed onto a stretcher.”