“On 5 September 2020, in the afternoon, during an rescue operation on the ski slope above Chatou na Grúni, the off-road vehicle of the mountain rescue service overturned for unknown reasons,” the mountain rescue service (HZS) said in a statement.
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The vehicle was heading to help the injured tourist, but began to slide sideways down the slope. After overturning, it moved tens of meters down the slope.
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“In an off-road vehicle, they overturned several times on a steep slope. After surveying the terrain, rescuers of the helicopter rescue service dropped the doctors directly from the deck to the scene of the accident. When the doctor arrived, the HZS rescuers were already out of the vehicle, “said Zuzana Hopjaková, a spokeswoman for the helicopter rescue service (VZZS) for the web topky.sk.
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According to the statement, three professional and two volunteer HZS rescuers were sitting in the car, heading for injured tourism to Poludňový Grúň. All rescuers were injured, one of them in serious condition. A second group of rescuers had to go to the injured tourist after the accident.
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According to the topky.sk website, two of the volunteer rescuers were released home after the treatment. A severely injured rescuer operated is out of danger. The other two remain in the hospital, doctors monitor their health.
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