Flown to hospital
Hiker fell into the Achensee: seriously injured!
Serious hiking accident on Tuesday afternoon at Lake Achensee in Tyrol! A German woman (56) fell from the Gaisalmsteig into the water and hit the back of her head. The woman was flown to the hospital in Innsbruck with serious head injuries.
Shortly before 4 p.m., a German vacationing family of four was hiking from Achenkirch via the Gaisalmsteig to the Gaisalm. Not far from the inn, a 56-year-old German woman climbed onto a small rocky peninsula, but slipped on a wet stone and fell backwards about three meters into the water near the shore. "The woman hit the back of her head on the rocky bank," said the police.
Large contingent of emergency services
The 56-year-old suffered a serious head injury and was subsequently flown to Innsbruck Hospital by rescue helicopter. The Achenkirch volunteer fire department with ten firefighters and the fire boat, the water rescue service with five firefighters and the water rescue boat as well as a patrol of the Jenbach police with the police boat and an Alpine police officer were also deployed. The family of the injured was brought back to their accommodation by the fire department.
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