Shock in the ski area: 7-year-old breaks her leg in a skiing accident!

Shock in the ski area: 7-year-old breaks her leg in a skiing accident!

A dramatic incident occurred on Monday in the Gargellen ski area in the Bludenz district: a seven-year-old girl lost control in a left-hand bend and had a serious accident. How Today.at According to reports, the child drifted off the slope, touched a slope marking board and fell 14 meters outside the edge of the slope. In the accident, the girl sustained a fractured femur, which required immediate medical attention. Rescue workers brought it to Feldkirch Hospital using the “Robin 1” helicopter.

More ski accidents in the region

But it wasn't just in Gargellen that there was a sense of alarm that day. A serious accident also occurred in the Tyrolean ski area of ​​Zettersfeld. A 29-year-old skier collided with another skier and fell. But the incident took a bizarre turn: the unknown man loudly insulted the woman and hit her on the helmet with a ski pole, which resulted in injuries to the head and neck area Allgäu newspaper executed.

Another accident occurred in Vorarlberg, where a 47-year-old skier suffered serious injuries after colliding with another driver. She accidentally ran over the skis of a 49-year-old skier and fell, resulting in a triple pelvic fracture. In this case, too, the injured person was flown to a clinic by helicopter. These incidents draw attention to safety on the slopes, as dangerous situations can arise again and again, even in popular ski areas.