The man called for help after falling on Ben Lui. Photo: Stuart Meldrum

A walker was airlifted from a Scottish mountain after falling and injuring himself.

The 57-year-old called for help from Ben Lui in the southern Highlands about 4.20pm on Saturday.

Members of the RAF Leuchars Mountain Rescue Team, who were training in the area, went to the aid of the man and a Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter from HMS Gannet in Ayrshire flew to the site, near Tyndrum.

The walker, who suffered head and leg injuries in the fall on the 1,130m (3,707ft) munro, was flown to Southern General Hospital in Glasgow.

Central Scotland Police said: “The severity of injuries sustained by the casualty is unknown at the moment.”

Around the same time, a walker sent a message to police from Stob Binnein, a few miles south of Ben Lui, to say they had become separated from a companion in poor conditions on the 1,165m (3,822ft) munro near Crianlarich.

Police said the mobile phone reception was poor and the walker was only able to communicate by text.

Killin Mountain Rescue Team was called out to the mountain and traced the two walkers who were making their own way off the mountain.

A Central Police spokesperson said: “Two mountain incidents at almost the same time and very close together stretched resources.”