Shock on the toboggan run: injured in a dramatic fall in Ellmau!

Shock on the toboggan run: injured in a dramatic fall in Ellmau!

Ellmau, Österreich - On February 11, 2025, tragic tobogganing accidents in Ellmau, Austria and on the famous toboggan run on the Wildkogel, occurred. At 3:30 p.m., two 25-year-old Germans, one man and a woman, were tobogganing together with a 29-year-old Belgian on a marked toboggan run. The man lost control and fell into an adjacent field via a fishing net. The woman tried to shorten the curve and ended up in a forest after a fall of about 3 to 4 meters where she crashed into a tree. According to 5min.at , the seriously injured woman was flown to the hospital in Kufstein after the Belgian started the rescue chain. She suffered serious hand and head injuries and had not worn a helmet at the time of the accident.

Another accident in the region

Almost at the same time, on January 11, 2025, another serious accident occurred on the longest illuminated toboggan run in the world on the Wildkogel. Two men from Biessenhofen, 21 and 28 years old, left the prepared slopes and plunged into rough terrain. Over 20 emergency services were mobilized to salvage the injured. During the rescue work there was another incident in which a 34-year-old German who was traveling with his sled lost control and threatened to rush around 25 meters when he wanted to avoid the rescue slide. He also had to be taken to the hospital. The police of alpin.de Now determine the exact circumstances of the accidents and indicates the importance of compliance with the slope rules. Caution should be exercised, especially in the dark to avoid such incidents in the future.