by DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Feb 15: A weekend hike to Wong Radau Waterfall in Sri Aman took an unexpected turn today when a group of four required rescue after one hiker sustained a knee sprain during the trek.
According to reports by the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), they received a distress call about the stranded hikers at 9.26am today and immediately dispatched firefighters from the Sri Aman fire station to conduct a rescue operation.
The team successfully located the group of four hikers approximately 1.5 kilometres from the nearest longhouse. One hiker, a 28-year-old man, sustained a knee sprain, while the other three remained uninjured.
Using a Jungkin Stretcher, firefighters carefully carried the injured hiker down to the longhouse.
Once there, the victim was handed over to medical officers from the Ministry of Health and sent to Sri Aman Hospital for further treatment.
The whole operation ended at 12pm. – DayakDaily
