A MAN suffered suspected neck and shoulder injuries when he fell 10ft down an embankment.

Emergency crews were called to Witton Park around 11.05pm last night to help the man, who was in his 30s.

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Firefighters rescued him by lifting him up the embankment on a spinal board.

He was then taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital by ambulance.

Crew manager Chris West, from Blackburn Fire Station, said: “He was put on a spinal board as a precautionary measure by the ambulance staff and he was then pulled to safety.”

A North West Ambulance Service spokesman added: “An ambulance was sent to the scene and it took a man in his 30s to the Royal Blackburn Hospital with what appears to be neck and shoulder injuries.”

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