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According to the account of one of the witnesses to the event, the three people involved in the incident decided to jump into the abyss to avoid being mugged while going on an ecological walkCityTv said.
“By not allowing themselves to be robbed, the wounded were sent off the hill. We went down to see how they were and the girl’s face was shattered, ”said the man, who did not want to be identified, in the newscast.
The walkers, who managed to contact line 123 to report that they were missing, were rescued by the Official Fire Department of Bogotá after more than 14 hours of operations due to the geographic complexity of the area.
In #FirefightersBogotá we love the #happy endings. After the successful rescue of three people in Cerro de La Cruz, which lasted more than 16 hours, #TodayJorge, the last to be rescued, picked up Ela the dog who accompanied them all the time on this adventure. #HILLSIDE pic.twitter.com/iuyWAPsavH
– Firefighters of Bogotá (@BomberosBogota) October 12, 2020
Luis Edinson Panqueva, commander of the Restrepo Fire Station, assured that the woman – identified as Luisa Valencia (27 years old) – was the most affected, since presented some seriously injured.
Due to the heavy injuries he suffered, Valencia was immediately transferred in a helicopter to the Central Police Hospital, located in the southeast of the Colombian capital.added the newscast.
Several inhabitants of that town, consulted by CityTV, They assured that robberies and criminal acts are common on Cerro La Cruz. Finally, the news program assured that about 50 people participated in the rescue operations.
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