A police officer from the Alpine Task Force Murtal (AEG) and the crew of the “Libelle Kärnten” police helicopter rescued an 81-year-old hiker from the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district on Thursday.
At around 4.15 p.m., the police state control center informed an alpine police officer from AEG Murtal about the 81-year-olds’ emergency call. You got lost on the descent from Gstoder in the direction of St. Ruprecht ob Murau, according to the ad. The alpine policeman contacted the lady by phone and tried to narrow down the location of the 81-year-old. However, this could not give any more precise information. For this reason the police helicopter “Libelle Kärnten” was requested. Together with the crew of the helicopter, the lady was found around 5.30 p.m. in the area of the so-called Dörfler Höhe. The police took the uninjured 81-year-old with the police helicopter and took her to the valley.