A mountaineer59 years old and resident of Barcelonadied this Saturday, May 20, after falling from a height of 200 meters while descending the Peak of the Great Facein it tena valleybelonging to the Huesca municipal term of Sallent de Gallego.
The notice was received at 4:25 p.m., at Central 062 of the Civil Guard of Huesca, emanating from the Emergency Room 112 SOS Aragon. Immediately, three specialists from the GREIM from Panticosa, the Huesca Air Unit and a doctor from 061 were activated.
After accessing the place where the injured person was located, they found that he suffered multiple and serious injuriesfor which they supplied analgesiathey placed a cervical collar and you they bandaged the wounds. Then they put him on a stretcher, as indicated by the Civil Guard of Huesca.
The bad weather conditions and poor visibility, the aircraft could not arrive to rescue the companions and the victim, so the mountain specialists proceeded to evacuate the casualty on footwith him doctor and others three mountaineers of the casualty group. A few minutes after starting the march, due to the seriousness of the injuries, the male died.
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For this reason, we proceeded to deposit the body in a safe place and continue the decline. Finally, the helicopter was able to rescue the uninjured mountaineersand on another flight, to the mountain specialists and the doctor.
GREIM specialists from panticosatogether with the 061 doctor, with prior judicial authorization, have proceeded early this Sunday, to the removal of the corpse With the support of the Huesca Air Unit, they have evacuated to Panticosa, where a funeral vehicle has moved it to the town of Pony.