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© Anelia Nikolova
The photo is illustrative.
The incidents with two groups of tourists took place in Stara Planina yesterday and today, according to the Mountain Rescue Service. respond to a signal for a tourist who fell while descending the same path. They gave him first aid and escorted him to the parking lot in the Mazaneto area, from where he was transferred to a hospital.
Around noon on January 2, the PSS 24 Hour Central Post Office (CDP) received a signal for a tourist injured in a fall in the Mlechniya Chal peak area. Three mountain rescuers from the area approached the victim, gave him first aid and escorted him to the parking lot.
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 started looking 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 taking 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.
The three victims were taken to a medical center.
At approximately the same time in the afternoon, two tourists who were moving 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 at about 300 m, his death was established shortly after. Mountain rescuers are about to arrive and organize your transport.
The reason for all the accidents is again an underestimation of the conditions in the winter mountains and more precisely the snow conditions, as well as the lack of appropriate equipment. The victims were either without cats or were using tourist cats that were unsuitable for current conditions, according to the PSS.
The service recommends that everyone take extra care when driving on snowy trails. Leave early and correctly assess the weather situation and your own strengths.
