{"id":57646,"date":"2026-10-24T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/hiker-assisted-in-rescue-by-a-fellow-hiker-who-made-the-emergency-call\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T09:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:15:05","slug":"hiker-assisted-in-rescue-by-a-fellow-hiker-who-made-the-emergency-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/hiker-assisted-in-rescue-by-a-fellow-hiker-who-made-the-emergency-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiker assisted in rescue by a fellow hiker who made the emergency call"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 55-year-old hiker received some unexpected help in Newlands Forest on Friday morning after a passing Good Samaritan spotted him in difficulty just off the trail.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the passer-by knew exactly who to call, raising the alarm on the correct emergency number, 021 937 0300.
\nRescue teams, Including SANParks – Table Mountain National Park rangers, were immediately dispatched to assist. The hiker was assessed and treated by a Western Cape Government Health and Wellness EMS paramedic before being carefully secured in a stretcher and carried to a nearby rescue vehicle.<\/p>\n

From there, he was driven down the trail to a waiting ambulance and transported to hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n

The incident was concluded shortly after 09h00 this morning.<\/p>\n

A big thank you to the Good Samaritan who stopped to help and made that important call, and to the rescue teams, rangers and EMS personnel who responded so quickly. <\/p>\n

We wish the hiker a comfortable and speedy recovery.<\/p>\n

As we head…<\/p>\n

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A 55-year-old hiker received some unexpected help in Newlands Forest on Friday morning after a passing Good Samaritan spotted him in difficulty just off the trail. Fortunately, the passer-by knew exactly who to call, raising the alarm on the correct emergency number, 021 937 0300. Rescue teams, Including SANParks – Table Mountain National Park rangers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/864689643_2066528737179251_5195533275972389570_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-57646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-western-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/864689643_2066528737179251_5195533275972389570_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}