A 45-year-old cyclist was in serious condition this Sunday, March 15, after suffering an accident in bike park from Estorãos, in the middle of Serra d’Arga, near Ponte de Lima, it was advanced by the Lusa agency. The alert was given mid-morning and ground rescue teams were immediately mobilized.
However, according to the site regional news E24.ptupon arriving at the location, around 11:25 am, the Volunteer Firefighters of Ponte de Lima found that rescue by land was unfeasiblegiven the rugged orography and the difficult access to the location where the victim was located. The intervention of the Portuguese Air Force was requested, which sent an aerial vehicle to carry out the vertical extraction of the injured man, CNN confirmed.
The place where the accident occurred, often referred to as Bike Park in Ponte de Lima, located located in the parish of Cabração, on the slope of the mountain, and is one of the most popular and prestigious mountain biking destinations in Portugal, especially for mountain biking. Enduro e Downhill.
After the successful rescue, the cyclist was transferred to an ambulance and transported to Santa Luzia Hospitalin Viana do Castelo, with a prognosis considered serious.
The relief operation relied on a strong logistical device that, in addition to members of the Ponte de Lima Volunteer Firefighters, included medical teams from the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) and patrols from the National Republican Guard (GNR).
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