Mountain Rescue Team in Crash

The volunteers who are on call to help anyone who encounters difficulty in the mountains of South Wales, had a fortunate escape over the weekend after their vehicle was badly damaged in a collision while on a call-out shout.

This was the extent of the damage caused to the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team communications vehicle in the accident. The specialist mobile command vehicle for the BMRT was involved in a three-vehicle collision during a call out near Builth Wells.

Incredibly the two team members in the vehicle escaped with only minor injuries. Other team members treated casualties on the scene until ambulances arrived.

Nigel Dawson, team leader of Brecon MRT, said: "What is most important is that our two team members escaped serious injury. We attend around 100 call outs every year and this vehicle was also central to many other rescues across South and Mid Wales. Our fundraising team, who already raise all the money for our day to day operating costs, are about to launch a campaign for a new mobile HQ. Until then we have been generously loaned a communications vehicle so that we can continue providing the cover that the public has come to expect."