A nightmare for many skiers has become a reality for a German skier: she fell out of the chairlift. Previously, she had been able to hold her son-in-law over hundreds of meters.
- A terrible skiing accident has occurred in Tyrol.
- A 55-year-old woman fell from a chair lift.
- Her son-in-law had previously held her several hundred meters.
Landeck - A bad skiing accident occurred on Friday in the Kappl ski area in Tyrol . Something happened to a 55-year-old skier from Germany that countless athletes are afraid of: she slipped out of her seat in the chair lift shortly after the valley station - and after a long struggle finally fell about eight and a half meters into the depth, as the Tyrolean police announced in the evening.
Tirol: Woman falls out of chairlift - son-in-law could still hold her for hundreds of meters
Apparently it was preceded by dramatic seconds. The son-in-law of the 55-year-old, with whom she shared the lift, reportedly tried to pull the woman back into the chair - unsuccessfully.
After all, the 37-year-old man managed to hold on to the woman for a long time. He was able to prevent her from falling out of the lift for several hundred meters, it said.
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In the end, however, all desperate efforts were in vain: behind the support 4 of the lift system , the woman lost her footing and fell onto the ski slope . How severe their injuries are was initially unclear. According to the police, the 55-year-old was flown to the Zams hospital northeast of Landeck by rescue helicopter.
Other, sometimes explosive, questions remained unanswered. This is how it is currently being determined how the accident could have happened - and why, despite the long and precarious situation, the elevator could not be stopped . Witnesses are asked to report.
Just a few days ago, according to a Merkur.de * report, two German skiers were killed in Tyrol within a few minutes. A bad lift accident on Brauneck in Upper Bavaria meanwhile has legal consequences - a man is suing the operator for pain and suffering, as Merkur.de * also reported.
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