Multiple Incidents In Rocky Mountain National Park Including A Fatality On Andrews Glacier

落基山国家公园发生多起事故 安德鲁斯冰川有遇难者

Date: July 13, 2012

日期：2012年7月13日

Contact: Kyle Patterson, (970) 586-1363

联系人：凯尔·帕特森，（970）586-1363

At 2:10 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, Rocky Mountain National Park dispatch received a cell phone call reporting a 47-year-old male from Castle Rock, Colorado, had slid approximately 100 feet down Andrews Glacier landing in rocks. He was not moving. A park trail crew was in the area and reached the man's body at 3:35 p.m. The man was descending the glacier with friends when the incident occurred. Andrews Glacier is above Loch Vale in the Glacier Gorge area of the park. It is roughly 5 miles from the Glacier Gorge Trailhead.

7月12日下午2时10分，落基山国家公园调度中心接到一起电话报警：一名来自科罗拉多州卡斯尔罗克市的47岁男性在安德鲁斯冰川滑坠约100英尺（合约30米），跌落至岩石区且无活动迹象。公园步道作业队恰在附近区域，于下午3时35分抵达现场并确认该男子已死亡。事发时死者正与友人结伴下撤冰川。安德鲁斯冰川位于公园冰川峡谷区的罗奇谷上方，距冰川峡谷步道起点约5英里（合约8公里）。

The victim's body was flown to a helispot in Glacier Basin Campground at 6:15 p.m. His body was then transferred to the Larimer County Coroner. The man's name will be released after next-of-kin are notified.

遇难者遗体于傍晚6时15分由直升机转运至冰川盆地露营地直升机起降点，随后移交拉里默县验尸官。死者姓名将在通知直系亲属后公布。

At 1:49 p.m. park dispatch received a cell phone call that a 74-year-old male from Longmont, Colorado, was experiencing some distress near Fern Falls which is roughly 3 miles from the Fern Lake Trailhead. Rangers left the trailhead at 2:30 p.m. and met the man and his friend hiking down the trail. At approximately 5 p.m. the man reached the trailhead and declined ambulance transport.

下午1时49分，公园调度中心接报：一名来自科罗拉多州朗蒙特市的74岁男性在蕨类瀑布附近出现身体不适，该处距蕨类湖步道起点约3英里（合约4.8公里）。巡护员于2时30分从步道起点出发，途中遇到该男子及其正在下撤的友人。下午5时许，该男子抵达步道起点后拒绝救护车转运。

At 11:17 a.m. park dispatch received a 911 call that a 79-year-old male from Ballwin, Missouri, was showing symptoms of a significant medical emergency. He was one mile from the Lumpy Ridge Trailhead on the Gem Lake Trail. Rangers reached the man at noon. He was carried out on a litter to the trailhead then driven in an Estes Park Medical Center ambulance to a nearby meadow, where St. Anthony Flight for Life was waiting to fly the man to Boulder Community Hospital.

上午11时17分，调度中心接到911报警：一名来自密苏里州鲍尔温市的79岁男性在宝石湖步道突发重大急症症状，事发点距伦比山脊步道起点1英里（合约1.6公里）。巡护员于中午抵达，使用担架将患者转运至步道起点，后由埃斯蒂斯帕克医疗中心救护车运送至附近草甸，由圣安东尼飞行救援队直升机接驳转送至博尔德社区医院。