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Hiking tragedy in the Alps: man dies in front of his family - passers-by try to help

2020-10-04T20:48:11.405Z


A 52-year-old middle Franconian suddenly collapses while hiking in the Almbach Gorge. Attentive hikers immediately begin resuscitation.


A 52-year-old middle Franconian suddenly collapses while hiking in the Almbach Gorge.

Attentive hikers immediately begin resuscitation.

  • A tragic accident occurred in the Berchtesgaden Alps on Sunday.

  • A family of four from Middle Franconia was just on a hiking tour.

  • Then the father just collapses completely unexpectedly.

Marktschellenberg / Ettenberg

- For a family of

Middle Franconia

ended a

hiking tour

in the

Berchtesgaden Alps

tragic.

A married couple and their two adult children had just left for

Almberg

, then the

father

(52) suddenly collapsed.

The

emergency services of

the

Bavarian Red Cross

(BRK)

were immediately

called for help.

Misfortune in the Almbachklamm: hikers try to reanimate the man

It was around

noon on Sunday

when the family of four left the

ball mill

and

climbed

through the

Almbachklamm

towards

Almberg

.

About a quarter of an hour before the destination, the

family man

collapsed

and remained motionless on the way.

Hikers watching the man fall immediately rushed to the rescue.

They started with

first aid measures

and made an

emergency call

around 12 noon

, reports the

BRK

.

Rescue workers from

the

Ettenberg mountain

rescue team

immediately set off

and walked down to the scene of the accident.

The

rescue helicopter

"Christoph 14" from

Traunstein

flew an ambulance and a mountain rescuer from

Schellenberg

towards the

Almbachklamm

.

They had to be set down a little below the scene of the accident as the forest was less dense there.

Despite the immediate

resuscitation

measures

and the quick help of the

rescue workers

, the 52-year-old died on site.

Misfortune in the Almbachklamm: the family received pastoral care

A

short time later, the

mountain rescue service

transported the deceased out of the

gorge

on foot on a stretcher

.

In

Ettenberg

, the

middle Franconian

was handed over to an undertaker.

Meanwhile, the family of the deceased received

pastoral care

from the

Crisis Intervention Service

(KID).

A total of ten

rescue workers were

on duty for around three hours.

(tel)

A tragic accident also occurred in Deggendorf.

A two year old child was run over by a car.

Source: merkur

All news articles on 2020-10-04

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