Austria: 16-year-old from Bavaria dies after a skiing accident in Tyrol
2/20/2024, 10:42:32 AM
Highlights: 16-year-old from Upper Bavaria died after a skiing accident in Tyrol. She fell onto the slopes while riding over a freestyle jump in the Christlum ski area near Achenkirch. The skier reportedly sustained serious injuries in the hard impact. The teenager was resuscitated on site after the accident and taken to a clinic in Innsbruck by helicopter. She died there on Monday from her serious injuries a few days later. The teenager from Beilngries in the Eichstätt district died on Friday.
A skier from Bavaria had an accident on a freestyle ski jump in Tyrol. The 16-year-old was flown by rescue helicopter to a hospital, where she died from her serious injuries a few days later.
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Achenkirch: The ticket office and the entrance to a chairlift in the Christlum ski area (2020)
Photo: Peter Kneffel / dpa
A 16-year-old from Upper Bavaria died after a skiing accident in Tyrol. The teenager from Beilngries in the Eichstätt district fell onto the slopes on Friday while riding over a freestyle jump in the Christlum ski area near Achenkirch, a spokeswoman for the Tyrolean state police said on Tuesday.
The skier reportedly sustained serious injuries in the hard impact. Witnesses provided first aid and alerted the emergency services. The teenager was resuscitated on site after the accident and taken to a clinic in Innsbruck by helicopter. She died there on Monday.
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