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One Dead, One Injured in Separate Roof Falls in Galicia

Emergency services coordinated by 112 Galicia responded to both incidents, including an airlift of the injured man to Santiago.

Overview

  • A private caller alerted 112 at 17:00 to a fall from a roof in Arnego, Rodeiro, where the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Operators at the CIAE-112 notified the 061 medical service and the Guardia Civil following the first alert.
  • In a separate case at 18:10 in O Campo, Valongo (Cerdedo-Cotobade), another man was injured after falling from the roof of his home.
  • Health services deployed the Santiago-based medicalized helicopter to transport the injured man to the Hospital Clínico.
  • Authorities have not disclosed the identities of those involved or the causes of the accidents.