On a snow-covered meadow

Car slides over slope and crashes into excavator

The car plunged down a slope and crashed into a parked excavator.(Bild: KaPo Graubünden)

In the Swiss canton of Graunbünden, which borders Vorarlberg, a winter snowfall caused a spectacular accident on Saturday: in the village of S-Charl, a 68-year-old man skidded in his car on a snow-covered meadow and subsequently crashed down a slope. The man had to be flown to hospital by helicopter.

At around 8 a.m., a 68-year-old man maneuvered his car near his house. The vehicle skidded on the snow-covered meadow and subsequently plunged down a steep slope. The car overturned and came to rest on its roof against a construction machine parked in a parking lot below.

While maneuvering on the snow-covered meadow, the car skidded and crashed down the slope.(Bild: KaPo Graubünden)

Eyewitnesses who had witnessed the accident immediately rushed to help. They were able to break a side window and help the driver out of the vehicle. The man sustained unspecified injuries as a result of the accident. After receiving initial medical treatment from a team from Scuol Rescue, he was flown to the cantonal hospital in Chur by Rega air ambulance. The Graubünden cantonal police are clarifying the exact circumstances of the traffic accident.