It happened in a matter of seconds: a branch hit a 34-year-old during forestry work in a forest near Reichraming (Upper Austria) so badly that he bled to death in just a few moments. The victim was incredibly unlucky. Moments before the accident, he was still radioing with his work colleague.
That happened: The 34-year-old forest worker – a Bosnian who lives in Styria – was on Tuesday with two work colleagues to work in a forest near Reichraming in the Traunviertel. The 34-year-old himself was about 150 meters below the forest road. Working with the “peregrine falcon” His job was to tie trees to a rope, which one of his colleagues then pulled up onto the road. With the “peregrine falcon”, as the device used for this is called in technical jargon. The Bosnian radioed that his colleague could get dressed upstairs. However, the tree fell loose – and the accident took its course. Any help came too late. The emergency services, including the team from the rescue helicopter “Christophorus 10”, could no longer help the 34-year-old.
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