Austria
Night-time accident on the ski slope – two Munich residents injured
Two Munich residents were seriously injured in an accident with a snowmobile (symbolic image). photo
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In the middle of the night, two men ride a snowmobile up a red-marked slope. Then they have an accident and sustain serious injuries.
Two men from Munich were on a ski slope on Saturday night Austria had a snowmobile accident. The Tyrol police reported that the men, aged 43 and 44, were seriously injured. The accident occurred in the Gerlosstein ski area in the Zillertal Arena.
The two were on their way to their accommodation on a snowmobile around 2:45 a.m. The police reported that they tried to drive up a steep slope on a red-marked slope. When that failed, the driver drove downhill and ended up on a toboggan run. There he lost control of the vehicle. The snowmobile crashed into a tree, overturned and the men were thrown into the forest.
One of them managed to notify an acquaintance who alerted a snow groomer driver. He found the two accident victims and called the rescue workers. The men suffered serious head injuries in the accident, police reported. Investigations into the circumstances of the accident and the possible driver of the snowmobile are underway, the police said.