Pager request from the Workington Police to support an ambulance crew who were called to attend to an injured person 300 metres from the roadside. Although close to the road they were unable to carry him to the road. He had sustained a serious injury to his back whilst swimming in the lake (slipped on the rocks by the water edge).
Incident started at 18:40.
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