Schneealm: Alpinist is crushed | Regionews.at

Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district . – Sunday afternoon, July 22, 2018, a 70-year-old mountaineer crashed in front of his companion about 30 meters deep. He was injured to an undetermined degree.

Around 5 pm, the experienced mountaineer (70 years old) from the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district descended the Blavergraben from the Schneealmhaus. There he slipped into the area of ​​an iron ladder at an altitude of 1,392 meters and crashed about 30 meters across rocky terrain. His 45-year-old companion immediately went home, provided first aid and informed the emergency services. The rescuers of the local Neuberg on the Mürz and Mürzzuschlag have increased in the episode to 70 years.

A rescue helicopter team Christophorus 3 finally rescued the mountaineer by means of dew and took him to the Wiener Neustadt public hospital

Source: LPD Steiermark