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Off-duty senior ambulanceman dies after abseiling fall on Kowloon Peak
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An off-duty senior ambulanceman has died after falling from a cliff while abseiling in Hong Kong. The Fire Services Department said on Friday that it had received a report at 2.33pm that a man had fallen from Kowloon Peak in Wong Tai Sin while abseiling. Rescuers and a government helicopter searched the area and found an unconscious man at a nearby cliff.
An off-duty senior ambulanceman has died after falling from a cliff while abseiling in Hong Kong.
The Fire Services Department said on Friday that it had received a report at 2.33pm that a man had fallen from Kowloon Peak in Wong Tai Sin while abseiling.
Rescuers and a government helicopter searched the area and found an unconscious man at a nearby cliff. Another man with minor injuries was found on a nearby trail.
The department mobilised its mountain and high-angle rescue teams during the...