Two skiers collided on Friday in the Czech ski resort of Harrachov in the Giant Mountains. The elderly woman did not survive the collision. The Czech police, who are investigating the case, stated this on the X social network. According to the Mountain Service of the Czech Republic, this is the first death after a collision on a slope this winter season, informs TASR reporter.
- Two skiers collided in Harrachov, the woman did not survive the accident.
- This is the first fatal injury of a skier this winter season.
- Air and ground medical rescue services intervened on the spot.
- The rescuers resuscitated the woman for a longer time, but it was not possible to revive her.
- The circumstances of the accident and the cause of death are the subject of a police investigation.
“Today around noon, two skiers, a man and a woman, collided on the slope in Harrachov. Unfortunately, the senior skier died shortly after, despite the efforts of the medical rescue service crew to save her.” the police wrote on the X network, saying that they are checking the circumstances of the death on the spot.
In addition to ground rescue crews the air rescue service also intervened on the spot. According to the spokesman of the ZZS of the Liberec region, Michael Georgiev, the woman was resuscitated for several tens of minutes, but she could not be revived. According to station ČT24, the skier with whom the senior woman collided is fine.
In order to determine the cause of death, according to the spokeswoman of the police of the Liberec region, Dagmar Sochorová, a forensic autopsy was ordered. “All the circumstances of the entire tragic event are now being investigated by the Semila criminalists together with the Harrachov police officers,” the Novinky.cz server quoted the spokeswoman. The head of the Mountain Service of the Czech Republic, René Mašín, stated that this year there were more serious injuries and crashes of skiers on the slopes, but this season it was the first fatal one.
