Citizen dies in hiking accident in Oman

Muscat: A citizen who fell while hiking up a mountain has died. The incident took place in the wilayat of Rustaq.

A statement issued online by the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) said: "The authority’s teams in South Al-Batinah  governorate dealt with a report of a citizen falling from a mountain in the Wilayat of Rustaq. He was dead by the time the teams were able to reach him."