Tragic alpine accident in the Tyrolean Oberland: A 70-year-old hiker from Germany fell over steep terrain into a stream bed in the Lechtal Alps and sustained fatal injuries. The body was only found after his wife, who had stayed at home, raised the alarm.
The 70-year-old German was alone on the E5 long-distance trail. On Thursday afternoon he wanted to march from the Memminger Hütte in the Lechtal Alps in the direction of the Parseier Valley. In the municipality of Zams, the accident is likely to have happened on the same day. Wife contacted the landlord “Friday afternoon the wife of the 70-year-old contacted the landlord of the Memminger Hütte and informed him that her husband could no longer be reached and had not returned.” , according to the executive branch. A search operation with a sad ending A large-scale search operation was then launched in this area. The police helicopter was also used. Around 3.30 p.m. there was sad certainty. The 70-year-old was found dead in a stream bed of a tributary of the Parseierbach. The hiker may have fallen and sustained fatal injuries. Investigations into the exact course of the accident are ongoing.
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