Walker in hospital in serious condition with head injuries after heavy fall in Masca

[Janet]

A 48-year-old walker, said to be a foreigner in Spain, has been transferred to hospital with a serious and open head wound after falling some five metres while hiking in Masca. His rescue shortly after noon today involved a search and rescue helicopter, bomberos and paramedics, and he was flown to Hospiten Sur where he remains seriously ill. JA

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

We saw the search and rescue helicopter flying toward Masca around 1.00 this afternoon. 

It's the same one we saw searching for Victor the other day up in the caldera.

[Janet]

The poor man died on arrival at Hospitén Sur. He is said to have lost his balance in a part of the barranco that was particularly rocky and sustained injuries from which he could not be saved. JA