Police looking for witnesses

Snowboarder crashed into ski instructor and drove off

Symbol photo(Bild: Hannes Wallner)

Serious skiing accident on Wednesday in Kühtai in Tyrol! A ski instructor (21) from Germany was hit by an unknown snowboarder, crashed, rolled over and suffered serious injuries. The winter sports enthusiast stopped briefly, but then committed a hit-and-run.

The 21-year-old German was skiing as a ski instructor at the start of a group of pupils on the red-marked piste number 10 in the Kühtai ski area from the mountain station of the Drei-Seen cable car on the left-hand side of the piste. "She was making long turns when she was suddenly hit by a snowboarder coming from behind," said the police. The woman fell forward as a result of the collision, rolled over and was seriously injured.

Woman was able to ski down to the valley herself
"The unknown snowboarder stopped briefly, but then immediately drove on without looking after the injured woman or giving his details," said the investigators. The 21-year-old skied down to the valley on her own and went to the local doctor.

The Oetz police are asking the unknown snowboarder or witnesses who can provide information about the course of the accident and the unknown snowboarder to contact them on 059133/7106. The snowboarder was wearing a dark red jacket, a black ski helmet and had a rucksack with him in which he was carrying a jukebox with music playing. He spoke German without a dialect.