• Coronavirus in Hungary
  • Budapest
  • Hungary border control
  • HelloMagyar
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
American tourist injured in the cave of Mátyás Hill – PHOTOSAmerican tourist injured in the cave of Mátyás Hill – PHOTOSAmerican tourist injured in the cave of Mátyás Hill – PHOTOSAmerican tourist injured in the cave of Mátyás Hill – PHOTOS
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Breaking News
Support us
Alexandra Béni Alexandra Béni · 06/10/2017
· Society

American tourist injured in the cave of Mátyás Hill – PHOTOS

accident Budapest United States

Egy sérültet látnak el a Magyar Barlangi Mentőszolgálat tagjai a Mátyás hegyi barlangban, aki 2017.10.04.-én, aki délután térdsérülést szenvedett egy nyílt túrán.

According to index.hu, an accident was reported in the cave of Mátyás Hill Wednesday afternoon. The Hungarian Cave Rescue Team immediately went to rescue the young American tourist, who got injured in a narrow passage.

The 22-year-old American citizen took part in a guided, dungaree tour organised for tourists in the cave of Mátyás Hill. They were touring the most popular track called Big Circle, visited by dozens of tourists every day, and they reached a narrow section called Sandwich through a very flat path that can only be accessed in a crawling position. That was where the American tourist got injured.

The cave rescue team arrived with 22 rescuers, but the attendance was quite difficult as the team had to work in a place with an upper bed (the ceiling of the cave) tighter than half a metre.

The Hungarian Cave Rescue Team carried the injured to the surface in a special stretcher at 10 pm, and then took him to the hospital.

Márton Kovács, the duty-rescuer of the team, said that they were notified by the leader of the cave tour. The young man had a bad move in a narrow space and his kneecap came out of joint, so he wouldn’t have been able to leave the cave. Even though his kneecap was fixed while alleviating the pain, he had to be carried on a stretcher.

This was the second accident in one week.

A young caver got injured last Friday in a different section of the cave. For that matter, the cave of Mátyás Hill is part of the Pál Valley cave system, which is the longest cave system in Hungary. The length of its passages add up to 30 kilometres.

Photo: http://caverescue.hu

Photo: http://caverescue.hu

Photo: http://caverescue.hu

Photos: http://caverescue.hu

Ce: bm

Source: Index/http://caverescue.hu

accident Budapest United States
Share
Alexandra Béni
Alexandra Béni

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.


Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.


.

Latest news
  • Wizz Air considerably changed its summer schedule, ticket prices expected to grow
  • PHOTOS: you can meet with Hungarian international chess grandmaster here
  • Hungarians living in Ukraine in danger? Anti-Hungarian mood, enforced military conscriptions, atrocities
  • Orbán government moves away from Budapest
  • PHOTOS: Construction of the New National Gallery in Budapest can start soon
  • ‘Brussels bureaucracy’ attacking Hungary for political reasons?
  • Hungary’s trade expected to be record-breaking in 2023 with this small country
  • PHOTOS: Extreme cold to come next week in Hungary, snow, frost covers the country

About us

Contact us

Copyright rules

© 2023 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved! | Server and development by Svigelj Levente E.V