He wanted to take a photo: vacationers crash on a steep slope - first aiders make an emergency call

A vacationer crashed in the Lattengebirge near Bayerisch Gmain over a steep slope - he wanted to take a picture. First aiders make an emergency call. 

• A vacationer crashed in the Lattengebirge near Bayerisch Gmain over a steep slope.
• First aiders tried to reach the man and made an emergency call.
• The rescue helicopter "Christoph 14" was nearby and flew to the scene of the accident.

Bayerisch Gmain - A holidaymaker from the Upper Palatinate was on Saturday (June 6th) in the Speik in the northeastern Latten Mountains. The man was on the Speik-Weißbach circular route and crashed while taking photos in the pathless terrain over a steep slope on the western bank of the rear Speikbach. This was announced by the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) district association Berchtesgadener Land.

Bayerisch Gmain: Man falls over a steep slope - rescue helicopter flies to the scene of the accident

First aiders tried to reach the man and made an emergency call to the Traunstein control center at around 11.50 a.m. The rescue helicopter "Christoph 14" was already nearby and quickly found the scene of the accident. The crew brought the emergency doctor and a mountain rescuer from Reichenhall to the accident site, as the BRK further announced.

The doctor provided medical care to the injured in the steep terrain. The mountain rescuer meanwhile built a stand for fall protection. “The emergency services took the injured person further up the slope to a better pick-up point. 'Christoph 14' then picked up the patient and the two rescuers with the rope and flew them to Bayerisch Gmain, ”the BRK said.

After falling over a steep slope: the injured comes to the clinic in Bad Reichenhall

The injured man was taken to the Bad Reichenhall district clinic in the ambulance of the Berchtesgaden Red Cross. The man pulled his shoulder out of the fall. The assignment lasted a good one and a half hours.

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