Arthur Seat Rescue: Emergency services respond to sledging accident at Holyrood Park

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A SLEDGING INCIDENT sparked a large scale emergency services response to Arthur Seat in the capital on Saturday afternoon.

The Scottish Ambulance Service, including paramedics and incident support teams as well as the park ranger responded after the alarm was raised at around 12:00pm.

It’s understood a man in his 30s was injured after he hit a rock whilst sledging at the beauty spot.

He has since been rescued using the Polaris vehicle, after initial request for air ambulance was cancelled.

The Scottish Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.

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Police Scotland said they were unaware of the incident.

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