A whitewater kayaking trip for a 54-year-old Czech man ended in tragedy. The experienced boater had an emergency with the kayak and was apparently underwater for several minutes. He was flown to hospital under continuous resuscitation, but died a short time later.
A fatal kayaking accident took place in Weißenbach am Attersee on Thursday around 11:40 am. A 54-year-old Czech national was on a whitewater kayaking trip along the Gimbach. Knowing the journey and the danger spots, the 54-year-old rode ahead in his kayak. Nevertheless, he fell from the kayak into a whitewater eddy and was unable to get out of the emergency situation on his own due to the strong backwater.
Colleague rushed to help
His colleague and other kayakers came to his aid and alerted the emergency services. He was brought to shore by a kayaker using jumper rescue technology and from there, after emergency medical care using rope rescue, he was taken by the Martin 3 rescue helicopter to the forest road about 50 meters higher and flown to Kepler University Hospital. continued resuscitation. He died there some time later.
Source: Krone
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