Two severe skiing accidents on the chair: helicopter in double insert!

Two severe skiing accidents on the chair: helicopter in double insert!

Spital am Semmering, Österreich - On Saturday, the Stuhleck experienced a dramatic day with two serious ski accidents. The first incident occurred around 9:45 a.m. when a 50-year-old Viennese drove on the Steinbachalm descent (slopes No. 11). Due to a driving error, he got off the slopes and crashed into a frozen preparation edge at high speed, which was about 60 centimeters high. The consequences of the massive impact were devastating: the man was serious to life -threatening injuries, as the police reported. Immediately employees of the slope rescue and a accidental surgeon made first aid before the rescue helicopter C16 flew him to Wiener Neustadt, as Orf Steiermark described in detail.

another severe fall

The rescue helicopter was alerted again just two hours later. A 62-year-old man who was traveling with his children on slopes No. 3 in the direction of the valley without external influence, fell and injured himself on both arms. The slope rescue initially ensured first medical care before he was also flown to the LKH Graz with the C16 helicopter. The Alpine police Hochsteiermark has now started the investigation into the exact circumstances of the two accidents to clarify the background. This shows how quickly accidents can happen in winter sports, which again underlines the importance of safety precautions, as well as