Helicopter to hospital

Ski tourer breaks her lower leg in a fall

Symbolic image(Bild: Hubert Rauth)

A ski tour for a German woman (55) in Grän in the Tyrolean Außerfern ended with a nasty injury. She fell and broke her lower leg. She had to be taken to hospital by helicopter.

The serious accident happened at around 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Füssener Jöchle area. The 55-year-old German woman was on a ski tour there with her husband.

Woman broke her lower leg
According to the police, when they wanted to ski back down into the valley, she fell through no fault of her own and broke her lower left leg. She was taken to Reutte Hospital after initial treatment by the RK2 rescue helicopter crew.