Diving accident in Bavaria: On Friday evening, rescue workers began a complicated operation, the outcome of which is still unclear.
Dietfurt - After a diving accident in a cave in Dietfurt (Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate), rescue workers try to rescue the injured person.
“A group of divers got into a cave system,” reported a spokesman for the Upper Palatinate police headquarters on Saturday.
"One of these divers then probably got health problems."
Another member of the group returned and alerted the rescue workers.
"Now there are rescue workers in the cave system who are continuing this rescue operation," said the spokesman.
Apparently the group is at a depth of 700 meters.
The accident occurred in the system of the Mühlbachquellhöhle in the Franconian Alb, one of the longest and partly water-filled cave systems in Germany.
A total of more than 200 emergency services are on site.
(lks / dpa)