A mountain rescue team have called on hill walkers to park their cars responsibly after facing “significant delays” during an emergency call out.
Lomond Mountain Rescue were called to an incident on Ben Lomond in the Trossachs on Saturday, following reports that a hillwalker was lapsing in and out of consciousness.
The group say they were delayed in responding to the incident due to inconsiderate parking and heavy traffic, with the road to Rowardennan reduced to a single lane.
They added vehicles had blocked the emergency access track that allows rescue teams to reach incidents higher on the hill.
The group have warned the delays could have been life threatening for the hillwalker if the incident had been more serious.
David Dodson, Team Leader for Lomond Mountain Rescue Team, said: “Getting along the road is really quite difficult at the best of times, but it was particularly bad yesterday because of the sheer volume of traffic and cars which were parked pretty inconsiderately.
“I think all we would ask folk to do is to use their common sense and try and think of other road users and not park in such a way is to prevent our vehicles going along the road.”
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