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A woman who disappeared in the rugged mountains of southeastern Australia earlier this month has been found alive and hospitalized with serious injuries from what authorities believe was a snakebite, police said. Officials said the woman is in stable condition and recovering from her injuries.
BBC News, a partner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and CBS News, identified the woman as photographer Lovisa “Kiki” Sjoberg, who frequented Kosciuszko National Park and photographed the area’s wild horses. did.
NSW Police said the 48-year-old man was reported missing to officers at the Monaro Police District near Kosciuszko National Park on October 21, leading to an extensive search operation. This vast park is known for its wild alpine landscape, covering approximately 270,000 square miles of land, roughly the size of Texas.
Search teams and law enforcement agencies set up a command post in Kiandra, an abandoned gold-mining town in a remote area of the national park’s Snowy Mountains region, police said. Officers from several different agencies worked with the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, local fire services and members of the public to search the area, with assistance from police dogs and rescue helicopters.
Parks and wildlife officers found the woman just before 5pm local time on the Nungah Creek Trail in Kiandra, a stop along the hiking route.
“She was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for symptoms consistent with exposure and a snakebite and was taken to Cooma District Hospital in a stable condition,” police said in a statement.
The BBC reported that Sjöberg was last seen driving a rental car in the park on October 15 before he was found. The rental car company notified the police on October 21st after noticing that the car had not been moved for six days and the return deadline had passed.
View of the snowy mountains in Kosciuszko National Park on June 25, 2016. Martin Ollman/Getty Images
According to Australian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC News, Monaro Police District Superintendent Toby Lindsay told the media that when Sjoberg was finally found, he was “unconscious and injured” and “very injured.” I was not feeling well,” he said.
“She testified that she had been bitten by a pit viper four days before she was found, had twisted her ankle and was dehydrated,” Lindsey said, adding that the woman had been “wandering” in the rugged bushland for days. pointed out.
According to the Australian Museum, pit viper snakes are highly venomous and “a bite by an adult of any species can be fatal without medical assistance”.
“In fact, she’s very lucky to be alive…she’s obviously been through a difficult time,” Lindsay added. The superintendent said after the woman was rescued that she was in “fair condition” and “happy to be alive.”
CBS News has contacted New South Wales Police for more information.
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