On Monday, an independent forest contractor on the Zürner near Gaming in the Scheibbs district in Lower Austria died while felling a tree. A branch may have hit him on the back of the head. The emergency physician could only diagnose death.
The 54-year-old forest entrepreneur was discovered early Tuesday morning in a wooded area. A colleague went looking for him. However, the emergency doctor was only able to determine the death of the man. According to the state police in Lower Austria, after felling a tree, he was hit by a branch on the back of his head and suffered fatal injuries.
Hit by a branch
The man was only felling trees at an altitude of 1,000 meters on behalf of the Austrian Forestry Commission in the Gaming/Zürner forest district. A spruce fell over a maple. At a height of about twelve meters, a branch was torn off and hit the 54-year-old victim in the back of the head. He succumbed to fatal injuries.
Source: Krone
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