An autopsy has been ordered after an elderly German collapsed and died on a slope in Tyrol.Officials in Finkenberg announced today (Mon) that the 72-year-old from Berlin may have suffered a heart attack. They stressed that a forensic examination should reveal the cause of the pensioners death.The incident occurred on Saturday morning at the Hintertuxer […]
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Dutch skier dies after hitting tree
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A Dutch holidaymaker died after coming off a skiing slope and crashing against a tree.The 37-year-old died before a team of paramedics reached the scene, according to police in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg. The man died of serious internal injuries and multiple fractures in the incident which occurred yesterday morning (Weds).The tourist has been the 15th person […]
Romanian skier dies after jump
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A Romanian holidaymaker was killed after leaping over a ski-jump yesterday (Mon).The 35-year-old woman was skiing down a piste in Kirchberg in Tyrols Kitzbühel district. She reportedly crashed against a snowboarding half-pipe after skiing over the jump set up for skiers.The tourist was already dead when a team of paramedics arrived via helicopter some minutes […]
German killed while freeskiing
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A German skier has died after leaving maintained slopes in Tyrol.The 48-year-old man crashed on a rocky hill which had no path after he decided to leave prepared pistes in the Karwendel mountain range in the western province of Tyrol yesterday (Sun).The man was airlifted to a clinic after other skiers discovered him lying on […]
Swede dies in skiing accident
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A 46-year-old skier from Sweden died after he came off the slope at high speed on Saturday.The man was racing down the piste in St. Anton am Arlberg, Tyrol, with two friends. The group jumped over the edge and down a steep descent on one side of the slope. He died due to the serious […]
German skier dies in 50-metre fall
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A young German skier died after an accident yesterday (Mon).The 22-year-old tourist lost control as he skied down a slope at high speed in the Tyrolean winter sport resort of Hochgurgl. He skidded off the piste and plunged down a 50-metre descent. Witnesses carried out first aid measures immediately, but the holidaymaker had already died […]
A 23-year-old skier from the Netherlands was hospitalised with head injuries after crashing on a piste at a Tyrolean resort yesterday (Weds).Police in Sölden said the man fell over on the difficult “black slope” after losing control of his skis and landed on his head and shoulders on the icy piste. He was knocked out […]