Tracy Ann

The municipal football grounds of Calpe yesterday. The areas had to be cleared of players so that not one but two rescue helicopters could land. What had happened is that a 46 year old Belgian hiker had fallen while going up the Peñón de Ifach (Calpe rock), suffering severe head and chest injuries. A first rescue helicopter reached him on the rock, but on seeing the injuries they called for the "air ambulance" second chopper to go to the football pitch. The first rescue helicopter then landed on the football pitch, and the man was then transferred then to the medical one, for treatment and a subsequent flight to Alicante General hospital. We wish him well.