Sending coordinates through the WhatsApp messaging application made it possible to rescue, on Saturday night, a driver who had suffered an accident in the parish of Galegos, in the municipality of Navia de Suarna.
The man needed assistance after falling off an embankment while on the LU-P-3501. The emergency teams were able to access the point where he was by sending his location through the instant message system.
It happened around 11:00 p.m., when a relative called 112 Galicia to report what happened. During the communication with the emergency managers, it indicated that the driver of the vehicle had suffered a departure from the road and had fallen down a slope but that he did not know where he was on the road.
In this way, the professionals of 112 Galicia requested that the coordinates be sent via WhatsApp and made that information available to the intervention teams. Thus, the Sarria Firefighters and the Becerreá GES troops were able to access the scene of the accident and check the condition of the injured person.
In order to provide medical assistance, from 112 notice was sent to health professionals. Once at the scene, the Galicia-061 Health Emergency team evacuated the driver to the Lucus Augusti University Hospital.
The intervention of the agents of the Civil Traffic Guard was also requested to guarantee the safety conditions on the road.
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