A 25-year-old Catalan man died this Monday after falling off a cliff of unknown cause on the route El Cares. About four kilometers from Caín, in Cabrales, in an area bordering Leon. Young man He was on a route with his 56-year-old father.. Father and son lost their way for some reason and followed a path parallel to the Cares route. The young man fell from a height of about 60 meters. The father heard his son scream and fall into the void. Tried to call for help but there was no coverage. He was then evacuated to Caín, specifically the establishment run by the local mayor of Caín. Marino Perez Cuevas. “It’s broken,” Pérez said. The body of the deceased was evacuated to Caín by the SEPA Rescue Group in an Asturias Fire Brigade helicopter.
The deceased had fallen from a height of about 60 meters into an inaccessible area. To reach it, two cranes with a cable of 54 meters had to be built, almost at the maximum capacity of the Firefighting plane, a firefighter-rescuer and a medical-rescuer would be left in the area, which could only confirm the death of the person. young man. .
The rescue team had to wait for the displaced GREIM from Sabero (León) to arrive at the scene and allow the body to be removed. Due to its location, the rescue operation could only be carried out with a crane operation with a SEPA aircraft. Previously, they had rescued his father, who had tried to reach the area where the victim fell, with a crane.
The Emergency Coordination Center of 112 Asturias received the notification at 18:09. The call was relayed by 112 from Castilla y León. They said that they saw a person inside of him jumping onto the road and his friend trying to land in the area where he fell.
SEPA Room 112 mobilized the Rescue Group by medical helicopter and also mobilized firefighters from Llanes and Cangas de Onís parks if weather conditions prevented arrival.
reported at 19:34 they had evacuated one person to the town of Cain and the rescuer doctor and firefighter-rescuer were found at the scene of the accident with the precipitate. The Asturias Fire Brigade, which was mobilized by land at that time, was cancelled.
After confirming death, the Civil Guard activated the GREIM of Sabero (León) to go there and proceed to extract the body. After the relevant authorization was obtained, the operation was carried out by the Rescue Group with a SEPA medicalized helicopter. After the intervention, they returned to their base in La Morgal.
The mayor of Cain denounced Lack of coverage in the area, which makes it difficult to seek help in the event of an accident. In the present case, the injured party left the route.