SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 29 September (EUROPA PRESS) –
A 40-year-old individual has been injured following an incident while cycling on the main southern motorway (TF-28), passing through the municipality of Güímar, as reported by the Emergency and Security Coordinating Centre (Cecoes) 1-1-2.
The incident took place yesterday, Saturday, at approximately 11:00 a.m., when the 1-1-2 operations centre received a notification indicating that a cyclist had toppled and fell about 15 metres, necessitating rescue and assistance.
Cecoes promptly activated the required emergency services, including a rescue helicopter from the GES, Tenerife Firefighters, a sanitised ambulance, and another medical ambulance from the SUC, along with Local Police, the Civil Guard, and environmental personnel.
The GES helicopter located the victim and conducted the rescue with the support of firefighters. Once aboard the aircraft, the GES transported the injured man to Tenerife North Airport, where SUC ambulance personnel awaited him to transfer him to Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria due to moderate chest trauma, without complications.