A RESCUE team saved an injured woman from a mountainside after she suffered leg injuries.

The woman, 59, was walking near Far Ruddy Beck, Buttermere, when she hurt her ankle.

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) attended the scene at 4.30pm on Friday, May 8, and stretchered the woman to a waiting ambulance.

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In total, 29 members of CMRT attended.

No further details about the victim have been released.