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Cyclist Falls in Flooded River, Apple Watch Saves His Life – autoevolution
You don’t normally expect to end up in a river when riding a bike, but someone in Rotherwas, Hereford, UK, was prepared for the most extreme adventure of his life…
A cyclist was swept off his bike and fell into the flooded River Wye bed, eventually being pushed by the water no less than a mile (1.6 km) down the river. He eventually managed to get his hands on a branch and hold on to it in order to alert the emergency services.While talking on the phone isn’t obviously the most convenient thing to do when your life depends on clinging onto a tree, the cyclist used his Apple Watch to alert the emergency authorities.
The smartwatch then shared the location where…
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