Seriously injured

Man (65) falls twelve meters in climbing hall

A 65-year-old man suffered serious injuries in an accident in a climbing hall in Perchtoldsdorf in the district of Mödling (Lower Austria) on Thursday. 

The climber fell from a height of around twelve meters and suffered serious injuries, reports the Lower Austrian police. The 65-year-old may have forgotten to clip into the fully automatic belay device. The man from the district of Mödling fell and hit a mat lying on the ground.

Flown to hospital
The seriously injured man had to be flown to Vienna General Hospital by emergency helicopter.