The injured climber is lowered in a stretcher. Photo: Bowland Pennine MRT

A climber was airlifted to hospital after injuring himself in a fall in a Lancashire quarry.

The 27-year-old was climbing with his father and a friend at Trowbarrow Quarry near Silverdale on Sunday when he fell from a route.

The climber hit the ground after three pieces of protection came out.

Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team was called out and the Great North Air Ambulance also flew to the scene, a popular climbing venue with 160 named routes.

The team said the man was familiar with the crag and had climbed in the area many times.

A team spokesperson said: “Initial reports were he was conscious but potentially had injuries to his back. The Great North Air Ambulance was on scene with two doctors along with four local police persons.

“The team was quickly on scene followed by Land Rover mountain rescue ambulances with kit for the evacuation.

“The air ambulance doctors on scene gave the casualty morphine twice to ease the pain. Once our kit arrived, the team log-rolled him into the casualty bag and vacuum mat and then loaded him onto the Bell stretcher.”

The injured man was then lowered using a rope system and he was then airlifted by the helicopter to Royal Lancaster Infirmary for further treatment.