Thursday 5th April 2012

Edale Mountain Rescue Team was called out yesterday by Derbyshire Police to reports of motorists stranded in heavy snow near Snake Summit on the A57 Snake Pass road between Sheffield and Glossop.



Team members spent two hours clearing the road (above) to reach a number of vehicles which had become stuck before evacuating four drivers to their base in Hope.

Glossop MRT were busy recovering drivers from the Snake Pass road at the same time.

While this operation was underway, a vehicle and team doctor were sent to Losehill Hall where a diabetic patient was reported to be fitting with the ambulance service unable to reach them.

Later in the day, team members also responded at the request of the police to a road traffic collision near Frogatt and trapped motorists between Bakewell and Monyash, along with Buxton and Kinder MRTs.



Glossop, Oldham and Woodhead MRTs were also busy recovering motorists caught out by the snowy conditions.

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