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Accident at Mt Buffalo 27-Apr-2015 At 9:26:17 AM IronCheff

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http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/3038170/mount-buffalo-rescue-had-to-wait-until-daylight-hours/

From The Border Mail.................
PARAMEDICS and SES workers were last night spending the night with an injured abseiler at Mount Buffalo Gorge.

The abseiler, a man, had a fall about 4pm after a rope malfunction.

Emergency crews responded after the man activated his Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon.

Myrtleford Sgt Martin Torpey said the man had possible spinal injuries and would have to stay the night with emergency crews.

“It’s too dark to get him out now,” he said.

“The man is conscious, he’s talking, and he has six of his abseiling mates with him.”

Search and Rescue from Melbourne will attend the scene in the morning to assist in retrieving the man.