Teenager taken to hospital after Lancaster canalside fall

By The Newsroom

Published 4th Sep 2017, 17:52 BST

Updated 11th Sep 2017, 13:01 BST

Fire crews were called out to rescue a girl who fell by Lancaster Canal.

A teenage girl was rescued after she fell on the canal bank at Lancaster.

Specialist rope rescue firefighters from Morecambe and Lancaster, as well as from St Annes, were called in to help with the rescue near Ashton Road at around 10am on Monday (September 4).

The girl was taken to hospital by ambulance.