Within a few hours, several serious skiing accidents occurred in Schladming on Friday and Saturday. Some were probably the result of extensive après-ski; in one case, a six-year-old child fled after a collision.
According to the police, the series started on Friday around 4 p.m. on the Planai: after a visit to an après-ski bar, a 20-year-old Lower Austrian from the Scheibbs district tried to reach the middle station of the gondola on foot. i.e. without skis. Due to the winter conditions, he abandoned his plan after 300 meters and the slope rescue team took him to the valley. The man was unharmed.
Two hours later, a 24-year-old from the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district fell while driving downhill; Her companion, a 25-year-old from Neunkirchen (Lower Austria), and a ski instructor who happened to be there, helped the woman slide to the finish stadium. She too was unharmed.
The child and mother fled after the accident
A serious accident took place on the Reiteralm on Saturday. A 57-year-old skier from Germany collided with a six-year-old child on the Schober slope around 10:25 am. The woman suffered injuries to her hip area and was taken to Schladming Hospital by rescue helicopter. The child and his mother continued the journey.
There were no hit-and-runs after a collision on the FIS descent on the Hochwurzen half an hour later. A 51-year-old German and a 67-year-old Upper Austrian (Perg district) collided and suffered injuries to the chest and shoulder. Both were taken to Schladming Hospital.
Schladming police are asking for information
And finally, around 11:40 a.m., a 27-year-old from Graz and an unknown skier collided on the Planai World Cup men’s course. The man from Graz suffered a shoulder injury, but the second winter athlete did not stop. If you have any information about him or the child in accident number three, please contact Schladming Police Station on 059133/6356-100.
Source: Krone
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