There were also several alpine operations by mountain rescue teams. One of the dead is an 86-year-old man, the police and mountain rescue did not provide any further information about the second.
One accident happened on Sunday during a hike by three men aged 59, 83 and 86, all from the Mödling district, from a parking lot in Grünbach am Schneeberg to the Hohe Wand. The 86-year-old stumbled and fell about 150 meters over steep, rocky terrain. The fall caused him fatal injuries.
The emergency doctor helicopter Christophorus 3 was not able to get to the scene of the accident due to the heavy rain that followed the accident with thunderstorms. The surveys at the location of discovery in the steep, rocky terrain and the subsequent rescue turned out to be very demanding due to the constant heavy rain.
On Saturday, the alpine police were ordered to Höflein on the Hohe Wand, Neunkirchen district, to the “Springlessteig” because a hiker had probably fallen. Sticks, a wristwatch with a torn metal bracelet and sunglasses were previously found on a sloping part of the path. The ambulance helicopter ‘Christophorus 3’ dropped the ambulance at the scene of the accident with a rope, who determined the death of the casualty.
Source: Nachrichten
