Two injured in hospital

Head-on collision on a cycle path: e-biker unconscious

A 14-year-old mountain biker collided with an e-biker (68) on a cycle path in the Tyrolean Ötztal on Sunday. Both were injured, the senior citizen briefly lost consciousness. 

The accident occurred at around 12.30 pm on the Ötztal cycle path in the municipality of Oetz, where a father from Germany was riding out of the valley from Sölden on mountain bikes with his two children. In the Habichen district, the 14-year-old daughter wanted to overtake her brother in a left-hand bend and overlooked an oncoming e-bike group. A 68-year-old local woman, who was riding ahead, was unable to take evasive action and the two cyclists collided. 

Taken to hospital by helicopter and ambulance
The young woman and the senior citizen fell in the accident, as a result of which the 68-year-old briefly lost consciousness. After first aid at the scene, she was flown by helicopter to Zams District Hospital. The teenager was also injured and was taken to the same hospital by ambulance.