A motorcyclist was injured on Sunday in the Sierra de La Cubeta in the municipal district of Llanes and taken by rescue helicopter to Hospital de Arriondas . The Servicio de Emergencias del Principado de Asturias (SEPA) said. According to the emergency coordination centre, the call came in at 12.01pm. The injured man was in a heavily wooded area that was difficult to access and was initially cared for by three companions.
The SEPA rescue team carried out the rescue using a medically equipped helicopter. At the scene, the team stabilised the patient, administered pain relief and splinted the injured limb. The man was then winched to safety because of the difficult terrain and flown by helicopter to Hospital de Arriondas. According to SEPA, the operation ended when the crew returned to base at 1.59pm.
The emergency crew's preliminary assessment is that fractures of the tibia and fibula are suspected. SEPA stressed that the hospital would need to make a confirmed diagnosis following imaging tests. No details of the injured man's age or identity were initially available.
The emergency coordination centre 112 Asturias informed the Guardia Civil and the Servicio de Atención Médica Urgente (SAMU). This coordination is standard procedure for emergencies in difficult terrain, to ensure medical handover at the destination hospital and any necessary follow-up measures.
Asturias regularly relies on air rescue in mountainous areas. The operation in the Sierra de La Cubeta followed the usual procedure: an alert through the 112 emergency coordination centre, initial medical care from rescue personnel, immobilisation of injuries and, where the terrain requires it, a winch rescue and rapid evacuation. According to the authorities, this shortens the time to qualified treatment when a road rescue would be delayed.
No further information on the patient's condition after his admission to Arriondas was available on Sunday afternoon. It is therefore not possible to make any predictions about his recovery. The timeline documented here is based on SEPA's statement of 6 September 2026 and reporting by Europa Press.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).