Tourist Injured After Falling From Cliff In Almaty Mountains
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A tourist was injured after falling from a cliff in the mountains of Almaty, Orda.kz reports.
The accident happened in the Medeu district, in the Mynzhylki tract at an altitude of 3,020 meters. According to the Emergency Situations Ministry, a member of a tourist group fell from a rock and was injured while descending from Malysh Peak.
The victim is a young man born in 2007. The incident occurred while the group was moving along a mountain route.
Rescuers found the injured tourist, provided first aid and evacuated him from a hard-to-reach area.
After he was taken to a safe zone, the tourist was handed over to a team from the Emergency Situations Ministry’s Disaster Medicine Center. His condition is being clarified.
The other three members of the group were not injured. Rescuers escorted them down, and they did not need medical help.
Original author: Rustam Muratov
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