Woman injured while climbing down Mt Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: A woman hurt her neck after falling when descending Mount Kinabalu early Wednesday (May 7).
The 41-year-old Malaysian was then carried down the mountain and handed over to medical officials before she was taken to the hospital for further treatment.
Ranau Fire Station chief Rantey Fred said in this case, they received a distress call at around 8.30am from the mountain guides on duty.
'The victim was a Malaysian woman, aged 41, and she had fallen near KM6, while going down the mountain,' he said in a statement.
'Following her fall, she hurt the back of her neck,' he said.
Rantey said mountain search and rescue (Mosar) personnel arrived at the scene not long after and applied the C-collar on her neck and placed her on a stretcher.
'Our personnel brought her down and reached the base Timpohon gate at around noon,' he stated.
Operations on site ended at 12.45pm, and the victim is reported to be in stable condition, he added.
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