There was a serious bicycle accident this afternoon on a cycle path next to the Petersbach in Perchtoldsdorf. A 58-year-old was injured so badly that she had to be flown to the hospital in an emergency doctor’s helicopter.
A woman was riding her bike on the narrow cycle path next to the Petersbach in Perchtoldsdorf (Lower Austria) near the city limits of Vienna. For an initially unknown cause, the amateur athlete collided with another biker and fell. While her opponent in the accident remained uninjured according to “Krone” information, the 58-year-old suffered serious injuries. Witnesses started the rescue chain.
Difficult rescue
“The control center alerted the ASB-Gaaden ambulance,” said a spokesman for the Samariterbund: “Our colleagues carried out the first aid and, due to the severity of the injuries, decided that evacuation by emergency helicopter was necessary. Therefore, Christophorus 9 was asked for. “
In addition, the paramedics also alerted the Perchtoldsdorf volunteer fire brigade for support. Because the patient was lying in a hard-to-reach place. Police officers, paramedics and Florianis had to carry the woman around 200 meters through partly steep terrain to the landing site of Christophorus 9 after the emergency medical first aid. The helicopter landed in a field in Vienna-Liesing. Then the 58-year-old was flown to a hospital.