A 64-year-old woman went missing from Dadongshan one day later and found a helicopter near Tianchi

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Written by: Liu Ding'an, Deng Haixing

2020-04-30 02:42

At 7 pm the day before yesterday (28th), the authorities received a report from a man that he and his wife had been hiking on Lantau Island earlier. During the period, the two were separated, but the wife was not found at night, fearing that she might have an accident on the hill. It is reported that the reporter and his wife departed to Dadongshan at the end of 28th in Tanshiwan, Lantau Island on the morning of the 28th, but the two were separated in the middle. Hope failed, so I called the police for help. Fire, ambulance and police personnel climbed the mountain after searching, and the flight service team also sent helicopters to search and rescue. Until the evening of yesterday (29th), the firefighters recovered the missing lady at the Qinglong Stone Stream near the "Tianchi" in Dadongshan. However, she was comatose and injured in many places, and was certified dead after being sent to the hospital by helicopter.

"Tianchi" in Dadongshan. (Profile picture / Photo by Yan Minghui)

The police also called on members of the public to provide information on the missing woman. Police allege that 64-year-old woman Lin Muyi disappeared after making her last appearance in the Dadongshan area on the morning of the 28th. Her family reported the case to the police on the same day. She is about 1.4 meters tall and weighs about 45 kilograms. She has a thin figure, a round face, yellow skin and short gray hair. She last appeared in a gray-red cap, wearing a turquoise coat, black trousers, black shoes and carrying a gray-yellow backpack.

Until about 6:30 in the evening of yesterday (29th). During the search of the Dadongshan area, rescuers reportedly found a woman lying in a coma in Qinglong Shijian near "Tianchi", and initially believed that she was the missing woman Lin Muyi. The helicopter of the flight service was called to rush to the scene and hung the woman to the Eastern Hospital on Hong Kong Island for rescue.

Police said that at 7:27 pm on the 28th, a 67-year-old man named Yang was reported to the police, saying that his 64-year-old wife, Lin, was suspected of being missing while hiking. Police, fire and flight services arrived at the scene to search and rescue. The fire rescued the woman in Qinglong Shijian, Lantau Island on the evening of April 29. She was comatose and suffered multiple injuries. She was sent to the Eastern Hospital for treatment by helicopter. It was later confirmed death. After a preliminary investigation, it was suspected that the female victim had fallen off and fell, and believed that the incident was not suspicious. The case was classified as "death before being sent to hospital". The cause of death was to be determined after a post-mortem examination.

A recent photo of the missing woman Lin Muyi. (Picture provided by the police)

Missing hiking accident