Staff from the Korea National Park Service Seoraksan National Park Office provide emergency aid to a 66-year-old Polish woman, Ms. A, who shows cardiac arrest symptoms about 200 meters from the upper cable car station near Gwongeumseong in Seoraksan Mountain, Gangwon, at around 3:05 p.m. on the 27th./Courtesy of News1

As the weekend began, a series of mountain accidents occurred in Gangwon, with hikers collapsing or getting injured.

According to fire authorities and the Seoraksan National Park Office on the 27th, at about 3:05 p.m. a report was filed that a Polish woman in her 60s collapsed on a trail near the upper station of the Gwongeumseong cable car at Seoraksan Mountain. The woman was transported to a nearby hospital by the national park's special mountain rescue team and fire authorities but died.

Earlier, at about 7:53 a.m. near Oseam at Seoraksan Mountain in Yongdae-ri, Buk-myeon, Inje County, a hiker in their 30s injured an ankle and was rescued by helicopter.

At about 2:37 p.m., near Gwaneumam at Dongdae, Odaesan in Dongsan-ri, Jinbu-myeon, Pyeongchang County, a hiker in their 70s fell and injured the head and other areas. The hiker descended with rescuers and was then transported to a hospital.

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