“The Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Emergencies Ministry with five rescuers and a physician on board evacuated the victim in Sochi and handed it over to doctors,” Interfax quoted the South Regional Emergency Situations Search and Rescue Team.

As noted, the man received a closed head injury, concussion, a closed fracture of the left forearm and a bruise of the right lower leg.

Previously, rescuers evacuated a Romanian climber from Elbrus who suffered a leg injury while climbing.