An 87-year-old man probably fell 50 meters during a walk. He lay seriously injured and helpless in the impassable terrain – until the mountain rescue dog “Samy” was able to track him down after an intensive search.
Early Monday afternoon, an 87-year-old went for a walk in the Villach-Land district. Later, his wife’s cell phone rang. Before the phone call ended abruptly, the man was able to tell his wife that something had happened to him! The woman then immediately started looking for her husband. When she couldn’t find him, she called the police around 7:40 p.m.
Various fire brigades and police helicopters were in action
An extensive rescue operation was then launched. The action involved several police patrols, assistance dog handlers, the police helicopter “Libelle FLIR” and emergency services from the fire brigades Fresach, Ferndorf, Mooswald and Gschriet-Glanz and the mountain rescue services from Villach, Radenthein and Spittal/Stockenboi. search.
Crashed over rocky, steep terrain
The intensive search lasted three hours before the accident victim was fortunately found seriously injured by mountain rescue dog “Samy” around 10:30 PM near a ditch in the Gschrieter Bach. “The man probably fell approximately 50 meters over steep, rocky terrain,” police said.
After initial treatment by the emergency doctor, the injured man was rescued from the impassable terrain by mountain rescue using a rope rescue and then transported to the Klagenfurt clinic.
Source: Krone
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