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By: Bettina Menzel
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A chairlift in the Ischgl-Samnaun ski area (symbolic image).
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During a Danish family's skiing holiday in Tyrol, the 15-year-old daughter slipped off the chair lift for reasons that are still unclear and fell from a height of twelve meters onto the slope.
Ischgl – In the well-known winter sports resort of Ischgl in Tyrol, a 15-year-old skier from Denmark fell from a chairlift into the depths on Wednesday (February 14th).
According to the police report, the girl fell from a height of around twelve meters onto the ski slope below the lift.
Fall from a chairlift in Tyrol: 15-year-old girl falls twelve meters into the depths in Ischgl
The young vacationer rode an eight-seater chairlift with her parents around 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday.
However, for reasons that are still unclear, she was unable to sit properly in her seat and slipped, as the police reported.
The father and another person tried to hold the girl, which was successful for a while.
But according to the police report, the daughter finally fell between supports two and three of the chairlift onto the ski slope below.
The 15-year-old remained lying there on the left edge of the piste and was then given first aid by the piste rescue team.
According to police reports, the girl was responsive after the accident and was flown by rescue helicopter to a hospital in Innsbruck with injuries of an undetermined degree.
Similar incident to that in Tyrol: Boy fell from chairlift in Allgäu
The accident in Tyrol was apparently not an isolated case: just last Friday, a six-year-old boy fell out of the chair lift during a ski course in Bavaria.
During the accident in Oberjoch in the Allgäu, the child fell eight meters into the depths but only suffered minor injuries.
After a night in the hospital, the boy was released from the hospital, the police in Kempten announced last Monday.
In addition to its slopes, the Ischgl ski resort is best known as a party hotspot in the Alps.
A video recently went viral on Instagram showing the valley run flooded with tourists.