Injury too severe

After crash with car: driver died in hospital

The emergency services rescued the accident victim.(Bild: ZOOM Tirol)

Sad news came from Kufstein Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The 41-year-old man who crashed his car 170 meters down a mountain road near Söll on Wednesday died there.  

The 41-year-old Austrian was driving a car in the Wilder Kaiser-Brixental ski area from a construction site downhill towards Söll shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The accident happened at an altitude of 1550 meters in the Bromberg area. 

In a sharp left-hand bend, the 41-year-old went over the edge of the road and plunged 170 meters down the steep slope. He suffered life-threatening injuries. The man has now succumbed to his injuries in Kufstein Hospital.