Stone came loose

During a hike: family rescued by helicopter

During a hike with his family, a man from Lower Austria was hit on the leg by a stone in the Carinthian district of Spittal on Wednesday. The vacationer was then unable to continue the hike. The entire family had to be rescued by helicopter. 

On Wednesday, the 43-year-old was on an alpine tour with his wife and two children in the municipality of Großkirchheim. As the holidaying family was walking along the so-called Wiener Höhenweg in the Schober group at around 2,700 meters above sea level, a stone came loose from a wall and hit the man in the leg.

"The man from Lower Austria suffered injuries of indeterminate severity and was unable to continue the tour," said the police. The 43-year-old then had to be rescued by the crew of the C7 emergency helicopter using a rope and flown to Lienz Hospital.

His wife and two children were also rescued by helicopter and taken to a mountain hut.