A farmer was seriously injured when he was pinned beneath his tractor yesterday (Thurs), police said.The 71-year-old man was driving through woods near Neusiedl in Lower Austrias Zwettl district when his tractor veered off the track and rolled down a four-metre embankment, rolling over twice.He was thrown from the tractor and ended up pinned underneath […]
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A woman on her way home from the mountain hut she was managing saved a 71-year-old German skiers life yesterday (Thurs) near Kühtai, Tyrol.The man had fallen into deep snow while skiing off-piste and could not get up. The woman saw him, called rescuers and began to dig him out.An emergency doctor who arrived at […]
Two Dutch boys aged 13 and 14 were rescued by helicopter as darkness was falling yesterday (Sun) near Loser in Styrias Liezen district.The boys were skiing off piste down to the valley floor when they became stranded at 4pm in a steep, rocky area at an elevation of 1,400 metres and called rescuers.In another incident […]