Video courtesy of West Midlands Ambulance Service

A WOMAN was rescued after falling from her horse more than three miles from the nearest road. 

The woman, who is in her 30s, fell this morning in woodland near Welsh Newton Common.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was alerted shortly after 11am to what became a three-hour operation involving two ambulance crews, a paramedic area support officer, the fire service, an RAF helicopter and the use of a local farmer’s motorbikes and quadbike.

Chris Kowalik, from the ambulance Service said none of the emergency vehicles could get to the woman because of the mud.

He added: "A local farmer used his quadbikes and bike to get some of the ambulance staff including a paramedic to her by land and they began to treat her.

“She had a back injury and a suspected pelvic injury and needed to be immobilised in order to be removed from the scene safely.

"It was decided the only way to do that was to winch her up. The nearest helicopter with winch capabilities was with the RAF in north Devon.

“The helicopter arrived and took on board an emergency medical technician and a stretcher.

"Then, hovering over the woman, the helicopter winched down the technician and stretcher to her.

"Having been given pain relief by the paramedic she was strapped to the stretcher and winched up to the helicopter.

"The paramedic who was with her was then winched up to accompany her on the flight to the nearest major trauma centre at Bristol Frenchay Hospital."

Mr Kowalik said that "muddy beyond their ankles, wet and cold", the crews cleared the scene shortly after 2pm.