Dog trapped down mineshaft among three incidents attended by Cleveland Mountain Rescue Teams in one afternoon

The Christmas period ended with a busy time for Teesside’s mountain rescue teams when three incidents happened at the same time yesterday afternoon.

The first incident started at 1pm when a cocker spaniel belonging to a Kildale man fell down a 18m deep mineshaft on the moors near New Row in Kildale.

The dog’s owner could hear the dog whimpering but could not reach him.

He contacted North Yorkshire Police who in turn alerted the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) volunteer rescue team.

Fifteen members of the team assisted in the rescue, which involved a team member being lowered into the mineshaft on a rope and securing the dog, who was called Rock, into a rucksack.

The rescuer and dog were then hauled out of the shaft by the rest of the Team and the dog was reunited with his grateful owner.

As the dog rescue was taking place, CMRT alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance service that a 54-year-old woman from Filey was injured on one of the tracks leading up Roseberry Topping.

Members of CMRT were redirected to Newton Under Roseberry and assisted the Yorkshire Ambulance personnel in treating the woman before she was carried on a specialized mountain rescue stretcher about a kilometre to the waiting ambulance.

She was taken to James Cook University Hospital for treatment.

In total, 24 team members were involved in this incident which lasted around two hours.

At the same time as this incident, a CMRT team member, who was walking in the Osmotherly area, alerted the team to a possible callout to assist Yorkshire Air Ambulance with a casualty.

In the end, the air ambulance crew and the Yorkshire Ambulance paramedics managed to sort this incident without further team presence.

CMRT spokesman, Pete Mounsey said: “A busy afternoon during which we had to use the range of our equipment and training. It was a pleasure to be able help the dog and his owner and the fallen walkers.”