A mountain rescuer fell 500ft trying to reach a stranded camper breaching Covid-19 lockdown rules. The rescuer plummeted down a slope in the Lakes District as his crew tried to help the hiker who had travelled from outside the region to camp at Red Screes.
Cumbria Police issued £200 fines to each camper, a man from Liverpool and a man from Leicester, for breaching restrictions, reports the Liverpool Echo.
The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had been called out to help a man camping in the beautyspot above the Kirkstone Pass suffering chest pains in the early hours of Saturday morning.
While the team was making their way to the camper, the victim fell roughly 150 metres (nearly 500ft) down steep ground, a statement from the rescuers said.