WILLEMSTAD - A woman with a broken leg was rescued from St Christophelberg on Sunday. Due to an unfortunate fall or misstep, the woman broke her leg and was unable to descend without help.
The Coast Guard Rescue and Coordination Center received a call on Sunday morning a little before nine o'clock via the Central Police Station that an accident had occurred on St. Christophelberg.
A 24-year-old woman broke her leg while climbing the hill. The Coast Guard helicopter was immediately deployed to carry out a medical evacuation.
The woman was lifted from the mountain and taken to the Coast Guard base on Hato, where she was handed over to the staff of a waiting ambulance.