Serious accident while splitting wood in Wideregg: Blade completely separates a man's hand. The man was flown to a special clinic in a rescue helicopter.
The Mindelheim police are investigating a woman for negligent bodily harm. The police have opened an investigation against the woman for negligence. The couple used a tractor-operated hydraulic splitting machine to split heavy tree trunks. During the splitting work, the man stood on the splitting machine and straightened the logs while his wife operated the machine. The hand was completely severed from the arm by the blade.