British woman injured after being swept down Swiss river.A 33-YEAR-OLD British woman is seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill. in hospital after being swept down a river while taking part in a race in Switzerland. Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 — August 3, 1983) was an American actress, she is best remembered for playing the role of Morticia Addams in the classic TV Series The Addams Family. , from Edinburgh, had been participating in a canyoning Canyoning (known as canyoneering in the U.S.) is traveling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, and/or swimming. event for the Discovery Channel's World Championship Adventure Race when the incident happened on Tuesday. She is understood to have been swept away by the flow of water before becoming wedged under a rock in Via Mala Via Mala (vē`ä mä`lä), narrow gorge of the Hinterrhein River, a headstream of the Rhine, c.3 1-2 mi (6 km) long, Grisons canton, E Switzerland. Valley. Rescue teams took just under an hour to free her from the rocks. A doctor taking part in the event revived her before she was flown to a hospital in Chur. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said Ms Jones, who now lives near Oxford, was in intensive care where she was being treated for hypothermia hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature, with slowing of physiological activity. It is artificially induced (usually with ice baths) for certain surgical procedures and cancer treatments. . She added: "This woman's family has been informed of the circumstances and they, along with Carolyn, have been offered consular assistance. "We are in touch with the hospital and local authorities and are monitoring the situation." Ms Jones is a former member of the British and Scottish rowing teams and works as an independent forester, a job which has previously taken her to Sri Lanka and South Africa. She was taking part in the six-day race, featuring 45 teams from around the world. |
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