A BOY suffered a deep laceration to his knee and a laceration swelling to his head after falling near a waterfall in the Ystradfellte area.

The 12-year-old boy was aided by the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team after sustaining the head and leg injuries during a fall near Sgwd yr Eira on Sunday, August 29 at around 4.30pm.

A spokesman from the Central Beacons MRT said the child was assessed by one of their casualty carer medics and treated for the laceration injuries.

He said: “We were joined by paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service and working together we stretcher carried the young man out of the gorge to an ambulance for the onward journey to hospital.

“We are grateful to passers by, in particular the off duty lifeguard, for assisting the young man and his family until we arrived..”

While responding to the 12-year-old, the team received another call out to an injured person as Sgwd Clun Gwyn waterfall which is based in the same area.

As they were attending to the young boy, the injured walker received help from the Western Beacons Mountain Rescue Team who aid the person had a suspected broken ankle.

The Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, pictured right, also received a call on Saturday afternoon, August 28, when two women had become lost in the area of Waun Lysiog - a summit not far from Nant Ddu - and one of them had experienced a diabetic episode.

The Central Beacons MRT spokesman said: “The team’s response was rapid as both of our four-by-four vehicles had been out on an MREW off-road course and were just finishing so we were already mobile and fully crewed.

“Having reached the casualty and following a medical assessment by one of the team’s casualty carers, a request for air support was made to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to assist with evacuation.

“We are very grateful to the crew of R187 from St Athan who lifted the casualty off the hill saving us from what would have been a long, difficult and arduous extraction by stretcher over very rough terrain, and then returned to collect some of the equipment and team members from the casualty site dropping them back at the vehicles.”

Last Thursday, August 26, both the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team and the Western Beacons MRT were called to a 90-year-old man who had become unwell while on the Fan Hir ridge near the Dan yr Ogof show caves..

The man had to be flown to hospital in Swansea for treatment - it is not known what was wrong with the pensioner or what condition he is now in.

A Western Beacons MRT spokesman said: “Assisted by our neighbouring team Brecon MRT and the Maritime Coastguard Agency rescue helicopter, the casualty was located and flown to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. We wish him a speedy recovery.”

The Brecon MRT were also busier earlier in the week as on Tuesday, August 24 they were called to the Rhandirmwyn - near Cynghordy - area to help a woman who had slipped and had a suspected broken femur.

A Brecon MRT spokeswoman, who said the woman was treated at the scene by a team doctor and HART medics, said: “As the lady had sustained a suspected femur fracture, a helicopter evacuation was requested to get the lady to hospital quicker.

“Wales Air Ambulance Charity managed to land in a nearby field, the lady taken onboard and flown to hospital for treatment.”.