A rescue operation was launched today after a man fell from a bridge.
The incident happened at Goulton Lane, near Potto.
Emergency services were called at 9.09am on Saturday morning.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said their Northallerton crew attended an incident where a person had fallen or jumped around six metres from a bridge onto a gravel area next to a beck.
Crews used a stretcher to assist paramedics carry the person to an ambulance.
Volunteers from Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team also attended after being called 9.15am.
A team spokesperson said: “We were requested by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist them with a report of a man, unconscious on land near Potto.
“An ambulance crew was en route together with a Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter and a North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) appliance.
“A number of Cleveland MRT members were called out from home etc and deployed to the scene by our call-out officer.
“The casualty was assessed by the air ambulance medics and a decision was taken for him to be recovered to a waiting land ambulance.
“Together with NYFRS colleagues we lifted him onto one of our mountain rescue stretchers for a short but muddy and awkward carry up some banking, followed by a further carry to the ambulance.
“He did not require evacuation by helicopter.”
The team said it was a good example of multi-agency working.
“Our thanks in particular to the NYFRS crew for their help in gaining access to the scene and for the stretcher carry.
“Eighteen Team members attended the call-out with three others en route although they were not required (plus our call-out officer co-ordinating the response remotely).
“The incident lasted approximately 1.5 hours plus additional time travelling back to members’ homes and returning the vehicles and equipment to base.”
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