Serious accident in the Tyrolean Zillertal! A 66-year-old skier failed to get off the chairlift at a mountain station on Saturday morning. The German jumped from around one and a half meters and was seriously injured.
The holidaymaker probably wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather and take a few turns with his skis in the Spieljoch ski area in Fügenberg on Saturday around 11.40 a.m. But the German missed the exit at the upper station of the Onkeljoch 3-seater chairlift. Flown to the hospital A lift employee immediately noticed the faux pas. “He immediately stopped the lift and made an announcement so that the skier should remain seated in the chair until the exit point opposite,” the police say. But the 66-year-old didn’t follow the instructions and jumped off the chair. The German was seriously injured. “He was flown using Akia and Skidoo to the gondola station and from there by emergency helicopter to the district hospital in Schwaz,” said the executive.
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