In the wrong place at the wrong second: A hiker (64) had bad luck in Jochberg in the Tyrolean district of Kitzbühel on Friday afternoon. As reported, she was hit by a falling tree and was seriously injured. The question: who is liable?
Like winning the lottery six – unfortunately in a negative sense: around 4.15 p.m. on Good Friday, the German was walking on the Römerweg when suddenly there was a crack in the forest above and a rotten deciduous tree fell over. He hit the woman on the head, police said.
According to the first reports, the 64-year-old would have suffered craniocerebral trauma. She was treated by the rescue service and the team of the C4 emergency medical helicopter and flown to the accident hospital in Salzburg.
“It was really a dumb coincidence,” shakes Florian Stanger of the Jochberg fire brigade. His troop cleaned up and removed other trees as a precaution that threatened the footpath, cycle path and road. The Römerweg is the old connection to Pass Thurn.
suspicion of bodily injury due to negligence
As always with such accidents, the question of liability arises. “A report will be filed with the public prosecutor’s office on suspicion of bodily injury due to negligence,” said a police spokesman. At most it can have civil consequences. With the question: Who should have kept an eye on these trees above the public path? It concerns the consequences of injury to the victim, compensation for pain and suffering, etc.
“It is not yet clear whether the forest belongs to the federal forests or to a private individual,” said Mayor Günter Resch.
Source: Krone
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