A man out walking his dog at a reservoir in Penryn had to be carried to a waiting ambulance with a suspected fractured leg.

West Cornwall Search & Rescue Team were called out to College Reservoir by Devon and Cornwall Ambulance last to help with the injured walker last Saturday.

He had fallen on the footpath whilst out walking his dog and suffered a suspected fractured leg.

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The team said the rescue was extremely difficult in challenging terrain and would have been even longer if they hadn't been able to go across open fields rather than the path.

Once he was across the fields he was put in a 4x4 and driven to the waiting ambulance.

Posting on their Facebook page West Cornwall Search & Rescue Team said: "On Saturday, the team were tasked by Devon & Cornwall Police after a call from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to attend to an injured walker on a footpath at College Reservoir, near Penryn.

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"A man had been walking with his dog when he fell and had a suspected fractured leg.

"Once our team members arrived on scene, with the assistance of paramedics, the casualty was packaged and evacuated towards the waiting ambulance.

Falmouth Packet: The injured man was carried to a waiting 4x4The injured man was carried to a waiting 4x4 (Image: WCCRT)

"It was a difficult, two-hour extraction as the terrain was very challenging. It would have taken longer if we had taken him completely back along the footpath, but our team members were able to access some neighboring fields where the patient could be transferred to our 4x4 vehicle. He was driven across farmland to the ambulance, for further transportation to Treliske.

"We wish him a speedy recovery."