A German holidaymaker was seriously injured in a chairlift accident at Andelsbuch in Vorarlberg on Friday: a chair slipped on the suspension cable and collided with the chair below, causing the 65-year-old to slip under the safety bar and eventually fall. He was freed by an ambulance helicopter with serious injuries. Two other passengers suffered minor injuries, police said.
In the afternoon, the 65-year-old German was riding the Niedere double chairlift from the top station to the middle station with a companion when the chair began to slip for unknown reasons.
Skidded over a high embankment
They crashed into the moving chair underneath, on which also sat two tourists from Germany. The 65-year-old fell under the safety bar as a result of the impact – at first he was able to hold on with the help of another passenger, but after a few minutes he lost his strength. The man fell from a height of about four meters into a steep meadow area, slipped on a three to four meter embankment and was eventually left seriously injured on the goods road below.
Serious spinal cord injury?
The German was rescued by the emergency helicopter Gallus 1 and flown to St. Gallen hospital for treatment. This fact speaks for a serious spinal cord injury. Because there is a spine surgery center.
Lift operations have been suspended until further notice. From Saturday, the police will investigate the cause of the accident together with experts, according to the police.
Source: Krone
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