And 39 year old Spanish tourist died as a result of serious injuries sustained in the vacuum since the cliffs from the southern area of the spa city of sea of silverwhen they were going to Take a photo.
The episode occurred around 7:00 p.m. on Sunday on the cliffs at the height of the nudist beach “La Escondida”“, located around kilometer 549 of Route 11 and the deceased man was identified as Juan Florez Estradanative of the city of Madrid.
According to the newspaper portal The capitalthe man he asked another to take a picture of him with the sea in the backgroundstopped at the edge of some cliffs, a piece of rock suddenly broke and Florez Estrada fell from regarding ten meters high.
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As a consequence of the impact, the man suffered significant injuries and multiple fractures throughout his body and a lifeguard who was serving on a beach located 250 meters from the place was the first to help him until the arrival of personnel from the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA). .
Meanwhile, firefighters from the Chapadmalal barracks and the Special Rescue Group deployed an extensive operation to descend to the scene and rescue the victim using a system of harnesses, while an ambulance from the Medical Care System was also present at the scene. of Emergencies (Same), which transferred him to the Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos (Higa) in serious condition.
The tourist managed to tell the lifeguards his data and he was taken consciously to the hospital, where his death occurred over the course of hours.
He wanted to take a selfie in the Atuel Canyon and fell into the precipice of regarding 100 meters
The last words of Juan Florez Estrada
“My name is Juan, I’m from Madrid, I’m 39 years old“, the man managed to say, when he was rescued.
Florez Estrada had undertaken in solitude a tourist tour of South America and before arriving in Argentina, last Saturday, he had passed through Paraguay, where he planned to return on Friday.
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