The next of kin have been notified by health personnel. The boy lived in Sandnes, and the municipality’s crisis team has been contacted. It was on a hiking trail up to Hilleknuten in Øvre Sirdal that the accident happened. The boy fell down a cliff of about ten metres. The place is right next to the ski lift on Fidjeland. All emergency services rushed to the scene. The boy had serious injuries when he was transported to Stavanger University Hospital by air ambulance. The accident was reported at 4pm on Saturday afternoon. Rescue crews were in place in Sirdal on Saturday afternoon after the tragic fall accident. Photo: Leif Sirevåg On Sunday afternoon, the police were informed by the hospital that the boy was declared dead on the night of Sunday. Was distanced from the tour group – The boy was on a trip with his family and at one point when there was a distance between him and at least the adults in the tour group, he fell off this cliff, says police investigative leader Arild Austrheim to news. Austerheim emphasizes that the police have no reason to believe that it is anything other than a tragic fall accident. It was raining in the area when the accident happened, so one hypothesis is that the boy may have slipped on the surface. The main rescue center sent out the rescue helicopter to assist in the rescue operation on Saturday. Photo: Leif Sirevåg – What do the police do next? – Now we look at it a bit. The most important thing is that the next of kin are taken care of, and then we will probably carry out a few more interviews and possibly questioning later in the week, but as of now there are no urgent tasks, says the police chief.
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Boy (10) died after a fall in Sirdal – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
