A German vacationer was seriously injured in a chairlift accident in Andelsbuch in Vorarlberg on Friday: A chair slipped on the suspension cable and collided with the chair underneath, whereupon the 65-year-old slipped under the safety bar and finally fell. He was rescued by an ambulance helicopter with serious injuries. Two other passengers suffered minor injuries, police said.
In the afternoon, the 65-year-old German was traveling with a companion on the Niedere double chairlift coming from the mountain station towards the middle station when the chair began to slide for reasons unknown Tourists from Germany were sitting. The 65-year-old fell under the safety bar as a result of the impact – at first he was able to hold on with the help of another passenger, but after a few minutes he lost his strength. The man fell from a height of about four meters into steep meadow terrain, slipped over a three to four meter high embankment and finally remained seriously injured on the goods road below. Serious spinal injury? The German was rescued by the Gallus 1 emergency doctor helicopter and taken to the St .gallen flown. This fact speaks for a serious spinal injury. Because there is a center for spinal surgery there. The lift operation has been stopped until further notice. The police will investigate the cause of the accident together with experts from Saturday, it said.
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