A 26-year-old skier from the district of Dachau in the Austrian Vorarlberg killed. He was buried by an avalanche.

Update 07. January 17 at

A tragic accident took place yesterday on the Epiphany. A skier, 26, from the district of Dachau has come in an avalanche in the ski resort Diedamskopf in Schoppernau (Vorarlberg) was killed. The police informed Vorarlberg.

+ In Schoppernau occurred in the tragic accident.©mm

Together with a friend, 25, he was on his last run of the day, a blue Piste, on-the-go. In the area of medium-diedamskopf-Alpe, the two remained on the runway edge. The young man left in the place of the fortified route and ventured into the ungroomed area in spite of the avalanche warning level 4, the second highest. Immediately afterwards, a snow Board, broke, with a crack of the skiers and buried him under the snow masses. Whether the skiers triggered the avalanche, it is currently not.

His avalanche protection equipment, could not help him. The airbag backpack is triggered properly, however, the 26-Year-old came under the masses of Snow, instead of on the avalanche ride. “The Slope was so steep, that the snow fell over him”, says Edelbert Strolz, local Director of mountain rescue in Schoppernau. Strolz emphasizes: “Thus, an Airbag is an additional help, but he offers no one hundred percent security.”

Model rescue – but for Dachauer came too late to help

The companion to the 26-Year-old, who had to watch everything, reacted exemplary. She immediately called the mountain rescue and began the search of their buried friend. She finally found the out of the snow, outstanding legs and immediately began her companion to dig. Shortly thereafter, the use were also the forces of the mountain rescue. “Within ten minutes we were at the accident,” reports the mountain rescuers Strolz.

With United forces they managed finally to free the Victim from the snow. However, in spite of immediately initiated resuscitation measures, she could not help the 26-Year-old. He died still at the accident site. “He was in a cave under the snow, no Breath,” he says Strolz.

A crisis intervention team (KIT) took care of on the spot to the attendant of the crashed skier. In the rescue operation about 50 persons were involved, among other things, the mountain rescues, Au and Schoppernau, the Feuerwehr Schoppernau, an emergency room physician, the Alpine police, as well as the KIT-Au Team to the police.

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Update 20.27 at: As the police reports, the 26-Year-old from the district of Dachau. The skier was in spite of the high avalanche risk off-piste on the go. His companion and the mountain rescue team dug him from the snow masses. The young man could no longer be resuscitated.

initial report: man in Dachau, Germany in the Vorarlberg avalanche

Bregenz – The accident happened on Sunday in Schoppernau, said a police spokesman confirmed a report by the news Agency APA. On the origin of the 1992-born man, he made for the time being, no further information.

skier was in the Vorarlberg region of off-piste on the go

The skiers to the piste despite high avalanche danger off the road, such as the APA reported. His companion got him dug out from the snow masses, but he had still died at the accident site.

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