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Skiing accidents on the slopes cause deaths – 17-year-old dies after colliding with snow groomer winch cable
Two skiers died in three skiing accidents in Klosters and Tschiertschen in the canton of Graubünden and in the Betelberg ski area in Lenk. The police are looking for witnesses.
A 24-year-old skier had a fatal accident on Saturday afternoon in the Parsenn ski area. This is what the Graubünden cantonal police report. Shortly after 2 p.m., a collision occurred between two skiers during the descent to the Schiferbahn near the valley station of the Kreuzweg ski lift. Under the force of the impact, a man then collided with a padded information panel. According to police reports, he remained unconscious there. Despite the rapid rescue measures taken by the Parsenn slope rescue service and a Rega team, it was not possible to prevent the German man from succumbing to his serious injuries on site. The second skier involved in the accident was slightly injured.
A ski accident occurred on Friday in the Tschiertschen ski area. The injured skier died the next day in his vacation home, the Graubünden cantonal police said. The man was skiing with his son when he fell around 3:30 p.m. on the Fups 1b slope, in the Foppa and Eisfeld region. The winter sports enthusiast went alone to his vacation home, where he died on Saturday. Anyone who can provide information about the ski accident is asked to contact the investigation service in Chur (telephone 081 257 73 00).
The ski accident occurred on this slope in the Tschiertschen ski area.
Image: Graubünden cantonal police
The cantonal police of Graubünden are looking in particular for a blonde skier who spoke to the accident victim after the fall and offered to help him. The Graubünden public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the ski accidents in both cases.
Betelberg: skier dies after accident
A 17-year-old skier had an accident so serious last Sunday evening in the Betelberg ski area that she had to be airlifted to hospital by Rega. As reported by the Berne cantonal police, the Swiss woman from the canton of Bern died of her injuries in hospital on January 3. According to initial findings, the skier was around 5:30 p.m. on a marked trail during the descent into the valley towards Lenk when, for reasons that remain to be clarified, she collided with the winch cable of a snow groomer and fell. Bystanders began to resuscitate the unconscious woman until help arrived and took over the task. The police have opened an investigation into the accident. (cri/rem)
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