The series of serious skiing accidents in Tyrol continues: After a whole series of operations over the weekend, the piste rescuers were also on duty on Wednesday. Once again there were several injuries. In Sölden (Imst district), a collision ended fatally for an eight-year-old Dutch girl.
The holiday girl skied down to the valley on Wednesday around 2 p.m. on the blue slope number 15 at Giggijoch. After climbing a steep slope, the student collided almost head-on with a 47-year-old German woman. “The eight-year-old was seriously injured and flown to the hospital in Zams by emergency helicopter,” the police said. The German remained uninjured.Serious fallIn a second skiing accident in the Ötztal shortly before, a 33-year-old was seriously injured. The German was in the Hochoetz ski area around 1:20 p.m. A 19-year-old Dutch woman fell on the slope, slid 50 meters downhill and collided with the 33-year-old. While the 19-year-old remained uninjured, the 33-year-old was seriously injured in the following fall. She was rescued by the piste rescue team and also taken to the Zams hospital with the rescue team. Bounced against piste markings And the piste rescuers were also called upon in Zillertal: around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, a 74-year-old Austrian lost his life on the black marked piste number 7 in the Hochzillertal ski area He lost control of his skis in a steep area and subsequently crashed into a piste marking pole set up on the side. The winter athlete was seriously injured and flown by rescue helicopter to the district hospital in Schwaz. The woman lost consciousness. And at around 1:45 p.m., a German (62) and a 13-year-old Dutch boy crashed into each other in the Hintertux ski area. In the area of the so-called black pan, the 62-year-old made a swing to the left in the area of a narrow area and crashed into the teenager. Both fell. “The woman briefly lost consciousness when she hit the runway and was then flown by the rescue helicopter to the Schwaz district hospital,” said the executive. The Dutchman remained uninjured.
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