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| A woman has been found alive two days after her car plunged to the bottom of an embankment in the Peak District, rescue officials said. | A woman has been found alive two days after her car plunged to the bottom of an embankment in the Peak District, rescue officials said. |
| Helen Sykes, 46, from Dronfield, went off the road on Sunday afternoon after going out alone for a drive. | Helen Sykes, 46, from Dronfield, went off the road on Sunday afternoon after going out alone for a drive. |
| A farmer reported seeing her car below Longstone Edge on Tuesday afternoon and mountain rescue teams were called. | A farmer reported seeing her car below Longstone Edge on Tuesday afternoon and mountain rescue teams were called. |
| Mrs Sykes was taken by air ambulance to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre with non-life threatening injuries. | Mrs Sykes was taken by air ambulance to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre with non-life threatening injuries. |
| It was just by chance we spotted her Roger Cox, farmer | |
| Once emergency services arrived on the scene, Mrs Sykes had to be cut from the vehicle. | |
| Edale Mountain rescue team leader Ian Bunting said: "The car was about two-thirds down a steep, 200ft grass embankment. | |
| "We managed to put her on to a stretcher, using ropes, and got her to the waiting air ambulance which took her to hospital. | "We managed to put her on to a stretcher, using ropes, and got her to the waiting air ambulance which took her to hospital. |
| "It's the sort of thing we train for and do on a regular basis for walkers and climbers but this situation was quite a rarity." | "It's the sort of thing we train for and do on a regular basis for walkers and climbers but this situation was quite a rarity." |
| The farmer who found her, Roger Cox, said he stumbled on the woman while looking for his animals. | The farmer who found her, Roger Cox, said he stumbled on the woman while looking for his animals. |
| Reported missing | |
| "It was just by chance we spotted her because we were looking in a different part of the field and wouldn't normally have known she was there. | "It was just by chance we spotted her because we were looking in a different part of the field and wouldn't normally have known she was there. |
| "She didn't appear to have an visible injuries but she said she had come over the edge and knocked her head but she had clearly come a long way down." | "She didn't appear to have an visible injuries but she said she had come over the edge and knocked her head but she had clearly come a long way down." |
| Almost 20 rescuers, including some from Buxton Mountain Rescue and Edale Mountain Rescue, were involved in helping pull the woman from Longstone Edge. | Almost 20 rescuers, including some from Buxton Mountain Rescue and Edale Mountain Rescue, were involved in helping pull the woman from Longstone Edge. |
| Mrs Sykes, who had been reported missing by friends, is not believed to have any local family. |