Walker stretchered off Beinn a Choin after suffering leg injury

A walker had to be stretchered off a hillside on Loch Lomond after sustaining a leg injury.

Loch Lomond Rescue team was called to Beinn a Choin, above Inversnaid, just after 6pm on Saturday, after the alarm was raised

The walker was found to have suffered a lower leg injury and was assessed and given treatment by the team before being transferred into a rescue vehicle.

The person was then taken to hospital via ambulance after being safely brought down from the hill.

The casualty was injured on Beinn a Choin. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team via Supplied

A Lomond Mountain Rescue Team spokesperson said: “A local team member was first on scene and able to start assessment and start to administer pain relief whilst the main hill party followed behind.

“Following further treatment, the casualty was initially transferred by stretcher, then in a team Landrover back to the car park before being taken to hospital by ambulance.”