Rescue team help 11-year-old boy after biking accident at Lancashire quarry
By Emma Downey
Published 22nd Oct 2026, 11:26 BST
The heroic team rushed to the boy’s aid.
Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue team have been busy helping a number of people recently.
On Monday the heroic team were called by North West Ambulance Service to an 11 year-old-boy would had suspected rib and spinal injuries after a biking accident at Lee Mill Quarry near Bacup.
On arrival the team helped stabilised the young man with the ambulance crew.
A spokesperson for the team said: “We then extricated him on the bell stretcher down to the road head to meet the ambulance.
“We wish the young man a speedy recovery and hope to see him up and about riding again.”