Terrible forestry accident on Friday morning in the Zillertal! A 30-year-old local man tried to avoid a felled tree and fell. He was hit by the trunk and injured in the lower leg.
The 30-year-old was doing woodcutting work in a forest in Mayrhofen. The accident happened when he felled a tree about 35 meters high. The worker wanted to avoid the falling trunk backwards, but tripped over a stone. Worker seriously injured He fell and was caught by the tree and hit in the lower leg. He sustained serious injuries. A work colleague provided first aid and started the rescue chain. The injured man was rescued by the Mayrhofen mountain rescue service, the emergency doctor and the air rescue service in the rescue helicopter and flown to the clinic in Innsbruck.
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