Tragic ski accident in Austria: Two 17-year-old boys die
Created: 12/28/2022, 6:40 p.m
A rescue helicopter from the ÖAMTC (Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club) during an operation (symbolic image).
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Two 17-year-old Germans apparently died while skiing in Tyrol on Wednesday morning.
They are said to have fallen down an abyss at high speed over the edge of the runway.
Waidring, Tirol – skiing accident in Austria.
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning, two 17-year-old skiers from Germany died in an accident.
This emerges from a report by the Tyrol State Police Department on Wednesday afternoon.
Apparently, the young people left the piste on their skis at high speed and then fell about 50 to 60 meters into an abyss.
Ski accident in Tyrol: two Germans die in Austria
According to eyewitness reports, the two young people were traveling at very high speeds.
Apparently, the two skiers skied over the edge of a red slope in the Steinplatte ski area in Waidring.
They then fell about 50 to 60 meters deep.
The alpine and meadow terrain next to the slope was steep, partly rocky and hardly covered with snow, according to the police report.
Two rescue helicopters were deployed, but the young people died at the scene of the accident, according to the police.
It was only on Monday afternoon that a 12-year-old had an accident while skiing in Tyrol in front of her parents.