Four winter sports enthusiasts, including a teenager, were injured in three skiing accidents in the Tyrolean districts of Kitzbühel, Schwaz and Imst on Monday, some of them seriously. The emergency medical helicopter had to rescue three people.
The first skiing accident on Monday occurred around 9:50 a.m. in St. Jakob in Haus (Kitzbühel district). A 49-year-old local woman was skiing downhill on a ski route in the Pillersee ski area when she fell and slipped around 150 meters along the ski path. In a slight left bend she then left the path and fell around 15 meters into a ditch, where she was seriously injured. After initial care from the piste rescue team, the helicopter flew her to the hospital in St. Johann in Tirol. Frenchwoman crashed in forest. Similar scenes took place about an hour later in Tux in the Zillertal. A French woman (58) went over the edge of the slope in a curve and fell around ten meters into a wooded area. The winter sports athlete was injured and had to be flown to the hospital by an emergency helicopter.Collision on a piste intersectionIn the late morning there was a crash in Kühtai (Imst district). There, a 14-year-old German and a 64-year-old Swiss collided at a piste intersection. Both were injured in the accident. They were taken to the Zams district hospital by the emergency medical helicopter or by ambulance.
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