Searching in the ski area: injured 12-year-olds found after hours!

Searching in the ski area: injured 12-year-olds found after hours!

On Saturday, February 16, 2025, dramatic scenes occurred in the St. Johann ski area in Tyrol when a 12-year-old girl from Germany suddenly disappeared near Eichenhoffift. According to a report of the Krone , the girl in the ski area was on the slopes "Rote 2" down the valley, about 100 meters before her 40-year-old father. After he could no longer see her over a crest, he suspected that she drove to the lift. The situation quickly escalated when he could not find his daughter and initiated the search.

The alarmed emergency services of the mountain rescue and the alpine police started a large -scale search at around 3:25 p.m. Finally, the missing girl was discovered in a moat at 5:15 p.m., about 200 meters below the last known position. It was heavily hypothermic and showed several broken bones and polytrauma, the authorities confirmed. The injured child was immediately transported to the Innsbruck clinic after the first aid after the first aid, as was reported to the today . The investigation indicates that the girl may have reached the edge of the slopes at increased speed - an external negligence could be excluded. The police asks possible witnesses to report to the Erpfendorf police inspection.