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Injured climber airlifted after fall

A male climber was airlifted to hospital yesterday (6 March) afternoon after a fall in the Loch Treig, near Roy Bridge in Lochaber. The police reported that the climber was in a party of three. A Sea King helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth attended the scene. The climber and his companions were located and the casualty was evacuated from the hill and airlifted to Fort William. He was then taken by road ambulance to the Belford Hospital, Fort William, where he was treated for a head injury. The police have not given an update on the climber’s condition or identity.

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