At around 10.30 a.m., Kruter was traveling with a group from the Reisachsee via the Preintalerhtte towards the lower Sonntagskarsee when he fell due to his sudden illness. A friend immediately provided first aid and notified a hut keeper, who alerted the rescue team. But the emergency doctor could only determine the death of the politician.
“It was with great dismay that we learned of the death of our former NR-Deputy, Federal Managing Director and Ombudsman Gnther Kruter. Our thoughts are with the family in these difficult hours,” tweeted the SP. Vienna’s mayor Michael Ludwig (SP) also said: “The news of Gnther Kruter’s sudden death makes me very upset.” Jrg Leichtfried and Christian Deutsch, among others, also expressed their regret at the death of their party colleague.
Political reactions
“With Gnther Kruter we are losing an upright and committed social democrat and an important campaigner for social justice,” said SP federal party chairwoman Pamela Rendi-Wagner. SP Federal Managing Director Christian Deutsch is also deeply affected by the death of Gnther Kruter: “Gnther Kruter was a great social democrat who always stood up for people’s concerns in all his functions. Kruter was a social democrat with expertise, heart and brain, who has done inestimably important things for social democracy and the people in our country, “said Deutsch.
