Autopsy ordered

Czech man (66) died in skiing accident on the Kitzsteinhorn

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A 66-year-old man died in a collision on the ski slope in the Kitzsteinhorn ski area in Kaprun on Monday. The second person involved is in hospital. An autopsy has been ordered.

A Czech man died in an accident in the Kitzsteinhorn ski area (municipality of Kaprun) on Monday afternoon. For reasons as yet unexplained, the 66-year-old collided with a 53-year-old Dutchman, according to the police.

Despite immediate first aid, the emergency doctor was only able to determine the Czech's death. The Dutchman was flown to the hospital in Zell am See with injuries of indeterminate severity. The Salzburg public prosecutor's office ordered an autopsy.