An unusual rescue operation has been launched in Dublin after
a cyclist riding along a canal towpath plunged off it and into the water 7
metres below.
In the incident occurred on Saturday at a stretch of the Royal Canal at Coolmine Road in the Clonsilla-Blanchardstown area of Dublin 15.
While the rescue operation was a tricky one, the cyclist
was taken from the water. Though he was hospitalised, his injuries were
described as non-life threatening despite falling into the canal from a not insignificant
height.
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The rescue operation was carried by Dublin Fire Brigade,
when several units attending the scene. The operation involved the Dublin Fire
Brigade H-line, or rope rescue, specialists and its staff trained specifically in
water rescues.
“Firefighters, including Hi-Line Specialists and Water Rescue Technicians came to the aid of a cyclist who came off the Royal Canal’s tow path and fell 7 meters in to the water,” Dublin Fire Brigade said.
“The patient was rescued, treated, and transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries," it added in a brief statement on Saturday night.
There was no word on the man’s
bike and the extent of any damage to it.
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