A motorcyclist survived a 40 metre fall close to Doi Khun Tan National Park. He recounted the terrifying experience of plunging within the early hours of this morning due to stopping by the roadside.
At round 2am today, police and rescue teams from Hang Chat sub-district acquired a report of a man injured in a deep ravine beside a road near Doi Khun Tan, approximately 300 metres previous a shrine alongside the Lampang-Chiang Mai freeway. The 42 year old man, a local of the Mueang Ji sub-district in Lamphun province, was found aware however weak and bruised. The rescue staff from Wiang Tan had to coordinate with Thong Chai and Amarinthai rescue models in Lamphun for extra personnel and equipment.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the injured man was driving a giant bike to conduct enterprise within the Mae Tha sub-district. At round 1am, he had parked his car close to the roadside barrier to attend to a personal matter. While doing so, he slipped and fell into the ravine, unable to assist himself. He managed to call his girlfriend in Lamphun for help, who then contacted the local rescue teams for assist.
The precarious and steep terrain made rescue operations difficult, taking over two hours to extract the injured man safely from the ravine. Elusive was then taken to Hang Chat Hospital for additional examinations. His latest condition is reported to be out of hazard.
In an identical incident final month, a lorry transporting Chinese cabbages plunged 80 metres right into a ravine in Chiang Mai, leaving the driving force trapped for two days and two nights. Miraculously, he survived by consuming the cabbages earlier than a cattle herder found him. To learn extra click HERE..