A tragic accident occurred in Austria.
An ÖVP politician fell in front of her husband.
Any help came too late for the 48-year-old.
A tragic accident while hiking has now occurred in Austria.
An ÖVP politician crashed in front of her husband.
Any help came too late for the 48-year-old.
Malta / Austria - An
ÖVP politician
from
Austria was
killed in
a tragic accident
.
As
reported by
oe24.at
, the 48-year-old
councilor
Sonja Schurl
from Murau had a
fatal accident
on Sunday while
hiking
.
Her husband had to watch as Schurl fell around 50 meters.
Austria: Politician crashes while hiking - her husband has to watch everything
As the Austrian portal reports, the 48-year-old
hiked
on Sunday (September 20) with her husband and brother from the parking lot at the
Kölnbreinsperre
over the
Salzgittersteig
to the
Kattowitzer Hütte
in the
municipality of Malta
.
The next day the three planned
to climb
the
Großer Hafner
.
The trio started their tour around 7.15 a.m., but in between the three had planned to continue
descending
on the
Kleiner Hafner
.
It was then that the tragic accident occurred.
As the portal further reports, the 48-year-old ran in front of her husband on the descent, and for reasons unknown so far, she is said to have fallen about 50 meters over steep, rock-free terrain at a height of around 3,040 meters.
The husband immediately went to his wife, he made an emergency call beforehand.
Although her husband had
initiated
first aid measures
on
site
and a
helicopter
and numerous
emergency services
rushed
to the
scene of
the
accident
,
any help came too late
for the
ÖVP politician
.
She died at the scene of the accident.
Austria: hiker falls 50 meters - husband and brother are still trying to help
As
reported by
oe24.at
, the 48-year-old's husband was flown into the valley, where he was looked after by a crisis intervention team.
The brother of the
hiker
had been accompanied by the mountain rescue on foot into the valley.
There are therefore no indications of third-party debt.
Another tragic accident occurred in Austria in the summer: a German woman died in a hiking accident in the Lechtal Alps.
The 56-year-old fell 230 meters.
A vacationer from Saxony-Anhalt had a fatal accident while trying to stop his mobile home.
Now is determined.
