A mountain rescue team in Lancashire were called to a stranded ambulance on Tuesday (December 13) and it had a patient on board.
The Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, based in Garstang were called at around 3:30pm to the Forest of Bowland area.
The ambulance was tending to a patient who was located at a remote farm and had to travel down an icy road in order to get to them.
The patient was placed on a stretcher into the rescue team’s vehicle. They were then taken to another ambulance at the head of the road.
The original ambulance was towed to safety by a local farmer with the help of a tractor.
Mountain rescuers spent around four hours at the incident.
A spokesperson for The Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team said: “The team was called out around 15:30pm last night to a stuck ambulance with a patient on board.
“The patient was at a remote farm over a mile down an iced-up track.
“The patient was placed on a team stretcher and then transported inside one of our land rovers before being handed over to another ambulance at the road head.
“The original ambulance was later towed to the road head by a local farmer and tractor and was once again operational.
“The team was back at base after reconfiguring the vehicles at 7:30pm.”
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