Skiing legend Karl Schranz has been hospitalised after suffering a severe concussion and bruises on a ski tour in Tyrol yesterday, it was confirmed today (Thurs).A spokesman at Zams clinic said newspaper reports that the 71-year-old was hospitalised yesterday after an accident near Sankt Anton am Arlberg were correct.Schranz told the Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper today: […]
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Fleeing thieves cause car crash
Two Slovak robbers caused a traffic accident on the B9 highway in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues) after robbing a supermarket in Hainburg in Bruck an der Donau district, police said.The Slovaks, aged 23 and 34, drove towards Vienna after stealing items worth 500 Euros at the supermarket.After colliding with another car but finding their car […]
A skier is in a critical state after skiing into a piste grooming machine cable on Sunday evening at the Wagrain ski area in Salzburg, police said yesterday (Mon).Günther S., 50, was skiing down to the middle lift station at about 8pm after a birthday party at the “Gipfelstadl” mountain hut when he failed to […]
An eight-year-old French girl injured her leg in a sledging accident at the Annaberg ski area in Lower Austria yesterday (Sun), police said.The girl was sledging down a run with two other French children when they missed a turn and crashed into a padded container next to a snow-making machine.The girl, who was sitting on […]