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Rescue workers recover body of old man Tsing Yi hiking on mountain

2022-06-10T09:48:10.405Z


Last Saturday (4th) at about 5 pm, an 87-year-old man, Hu Tianchang, was injured while hiking in the back mountain of Qinghua Garden. His granddaughter heard from the phone and reported to the police for help, but lost contact after that. The old man's family pointed out that he was in the morning (4th)


Last Saturday (4th) at about 5 pm, an 87-year-old man, Hu Tianchang, was injured while hiking in the back mountain of Qinghua Garden. His granddaughter heard from the phone and reported to the police for help, but lost contact after that.

The old man’s family said that he disappeared after his last appearance at Tsing Qian Street in Tsing Yi that morning (4th), and the police and firefighters searched and rescued in the mountains for several days. Civil security personnel found Hu's body on a hillside of Tsing Yi West Road in Tsing Yi, one kilometer away. The cause of death is to be determined after an autopsy.


At about 5 o'clock in the evening on Saturday (4th), the police received a report from a woman that she had received a call from her grandfather earlier and was injured while hiking in the mountains behind Tsing Wah Court in Tsing Yi, so she called the police for help.

More than 100 mobile troops and uniformed police went up the mountain to search.

In addition, the Government Flying Service also dispatched a helicopter to hover at a low altitude and turned on the spotlights to search for more than two hours, but the old man had not been found by 11 o'clock that night.

Afterwards, officers from the police, fire service, flight service and civil security force went up the mountain to search for 6 consecutive days, and found the old man's body this morning.

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The police contacted the old man via video call, hoping to find out where he was.

(Facebook Tsing Yi Neighborhood Blowing Water Photo)

The source said that the old man was sober and could not express where he was.

The police had called the old man by video phone, successfully contacted him, and showed him the surrounding environment.

The police said that the 87-year-old man Hu Tianchang, who was involved, disappeared after his last appearance on Qingqian Street on June 4, and his family reported the case to the police on the same day.

Hu Weng is about 1.6 meters tall, weighs about 60 kilograms, has a medium build, a round face, yellow skin and a bald head.

He was last seen wearing an off-white cap and a long-sleeved navy blue jacket, grey trousers and black and white sneakers.

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The old man in Tsing Yi was missing on the 3rd day, and the search was unsuccessful. The police called on the public to provide information. The old man was missing in the mountains.

Source: hk1

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