Ilia: How did the 4 -year -old tragedy happen in Neda
Investigations on the conditions under which lost his life the 4 -year -old child falling from a height of 25 meters in a canyon in Neda, Ilia.
Police are utilizing testimonies of those in the area so that they could clarify the exact causes of the accident.
According to information so far, the 4 -year -old, along with his father who is originally from Guatemala and his German mother, visited the area with a group of 25 tourists who had arrived from Nafplio for a hiking on the trail near the Neda waterfalls.
Snapshot from the business in Neda showing rescuers carrying the unfortunate baby boy to the helicopter for hospital helicopter
As the owner of a tavern from the Platanias of Messinia deposited, this trail is dangerous, not only where you walk but also from above, because they sometimes fall rocks.
Neda: The fateful fall
For the unfortunate little kid, he said he was walking in front of the parents and at some point escaped their attention.
Before the small waterfall in an enchantment, the child trapped and fell into the river of 25 meters high, hitting the fall on a tree, « the witness described, speaking at ilialive.gr. The child was alive but in bad condition and his father had uploaded it with someone else, according to the same witness.
Although at first there were conflicting misconduct as to whether the father had finally fallen on the ravine, ilialive.gr reports that it was later clarified that it was only the child who slipped and fell.
The firefighters who arrived at the spot were looking for the child and the father, who when he saw that his 4 -year -old son fell into the ravine dived himself to save him. Eventually it was found that the father had not been injured, while the 4 -year -old had very serious head injuries with injuries and probably to the spine.
It took a long rescue operation to recover as the point was extremely inaccessible.
A doctor who saw it found his heavy clinical picture. The EKAB ambulance, who arrived at the spot, took over the little kid a few meters above to reach the Air Force helicopter he had arrived for the airway. In the flight, the child lost consciousness and unfortunately the doctors in the hospital could not restore it.
18 Firefighters of the Pyrgos Fire Department, the Fire Brigades of Cresten and Kyparissia, of the 16th EME, of the 6th EMAK mountaineering team, as well as the IKAROS (DRONE) team of PPYD, rushed to the spot. Western Greece, and helicopter was also mobilized.
