#skiing-accident

#skiing-accident

A 13-year-old girl on a field trip was caught in a chairlift by her clothing, and is now fighting for her life in a hospital. This past Wednesday, February 11, a school took their students on a ski trip to Centre Vorlage in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada. Following a day of skiing, a tragedy ensued at 2 p.m. as one of the students got tangled in a chairlift while dismounting.

A 49-year-old Austrian man, local to the area, died at the scene after the collision with another skier on the 1,965m mountain. The accident took place on the Schmittenhöhe mountain in Zell am See on Saturday, around 68k from Salzburg. A 49-year-old Austrian man, local to the area, died at the scene after the collision with another skier on the 1,965m mountain. Medical personnel attended to the man but he was later pronounced dead.

The police report alleges that the child and the accompanying adult stayed for a while but then left the scene without supplying identification or contact details. Therefore, the police are appealing for witnesses to come forward, and, particularly, the accompanying adult to provide information in connection with this accident. The Engiadina Bassa police base in Samnaun can be reached at +41 81 257 63 70.

The private ski instructor accompanying an American skier who died at Val Thorens, France, on Tuesday, December 30, has been arrested by French authorities. The instructor, who has not been publicly identified, was allegedly under the influence of narcotics at the time of the accident, though he tested negative for alcohol. According to French newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré, the instructor consented to an initial drug test, which returned a positive result.

Industry NewsA school ski trip from the Edvard-Beneš-Gymnázium in Břeclav, Czechia, ended in tragedy on Tuesday, December 9, when a 64-year-old teacher died after crashing into a tree at the Nassfeld ski resort in Austria. According to police in Carinthia, the accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on the Trögabfahrt slope, where a group of Czech students was skiing down the valley. For reasons that remain unclear, the teacher veered off the piste and fell roughly 10 meters (33 feet) before striking a tree.