A WOMAN is in hospital after suffering a 'nasty' leg injury and having to be rescued by specialist paramedics in the Lickey Hills Country Park.

The 39-year-old was out enjoying the countryside on the Woodpecker Trail - about a mile from the visitor centre - just after midday today, when she slipped and seriously injured her ankle.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "An ambulance crew was initially dispatched but they couldn’t get their vehicle anywhere near the patient.

“The Warden took them in a Land Rover to about 200m of the woman’s position which was in a densely wooded area.

“After assessing her condition it was clear that they would need assistance so requested the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) be sent.

“While HART were en-route, the ambulance crew provided pain relief and splinted the woman’s ankle.

“On arrival, HART used their Fairtech stretcher to get the patient across rough ground to the Land Rover."

The specialist stretcher has two large wheels that enables it to be used where normal stretchers cant.

The woman was driven down to the waiting ambulance before being rushed to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.