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During the day there were five incidents with tourists in the area north of Botev Peak. Work is currently under way on three of the signals, announced the Mountain Rescue Service in Troyan. Mountain rescuers from Lovech, Troyan, Karlovo, Kalofer have mobilized because conditions on the mountain are very harsh at the moment, reports BTA.
Around noon at the PSS 24-hour central post (CDP) a signal was received for a tourist injured in a fall in the Mlechniya Chal peak area. Mountain rescuers go to the victim, give him first aid and accompany him to the parking lot, according to the mountain service.
Meanwhile, again through the CDP, a signal is received from a young woman who explains that her boyfriend has fallen down a gutter. The accident reoccurred along the cable run. A mountain rescuer from the Kalofer detachment, currently in the area, saw the girl and immediately began searching for the victim. He established his location, gave him first aid and escorted him to safety.
As he helps the two of them move down the road, he notices that two other tourists moving nearby suddenly disappear from his sight. He returns and discovers that one of them has fallen into a gutter. The second, in an attempt to help him, fell after him. The rescuer also gave them first aid, took measures to insulate them from the cold and began to take them one by one to the summer trail to Botev Peak. The group organized for transportation in the first case was redirected to the cable car. A second group of mountain rescuers was organized, joined by colleagues from the Lovech detachment. Subsequently, a third group set out to intercept and help transport the victims.
At the moment, the three victims are being transferred to a medical center.
At approximately the same time in the afternoon, two tourists traveling from the Botev shelter to the Dobrila shelter suffered an accident. One of them slipped in the Zhaltets Peak area and fell on the slope heading south about 300 m, his death was established shortly after, reported the Mountain Rescue Service. Mountain rescuers are about to arrive and organize your transport.
The reason for all the incidents is an underestimation of the conditions in the winter mountains and more precisely the snow conditions, as well as the lack of adequate equipment, experts say. The victims were without cats or used tourist cats that were not suitable for the conditions at the time.
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