Woman dies in Oman after fall from mountain

Muscat: A woman has died after falling while hiking up a mountain in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate.

The Public Authority of Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) said in a statement, “Rescue teams at the Civil Defense and Ambulance Department, in the Governorate of Muscat, dealt with a report of a woman falling from the top of a mountain in the Saih Al Ahmar area in  the wilayat of Bidbid. With the support of police aviation, the teams managed to reach her and take her to the hospital. However, she did not survive the incident.”