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Toboggan accidents in the Alps: Injuries and deaths shock holidaymakers!
Two serious tobogganing accidents in Austria: one injured and one found dead are making worrying headlines.
Toboggan accidents in the Alps: Injuries and deaths shock holidaymakers!
A 29-year-old German vacationer lost her life in a tragic incident in the Austrian Alps. The woman went missing after a tobogganing trip in Bramberg, in the Zell am See district, after she did not arrive in the valley on Saturday evening. Her companions reported her missing at 10:30 p.m., which triggered an extensive search operation by rescue workers. These included a total of 15 mountain rescuers and five police officers with a search dog as well as the “Libelle” rescue helicopter t-online.de reported.
The woman, who was found lifeless, was lying about 20 meters below a ski hut on the edge of the Emerald toboggan run, which was discovered after several hours of searching. Despite immediate first aid from the rescue workers, the emergency doctor could only confirm the woman's death. The exact circumstances of the accident are still unknown, which is why the police have started an investigation. This is not the first incident of this kind in the area; Just in January, three German men died while tobogganing when they went off the groomed slope orf.at reported.