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So that tobogganing fun doesn’t end in hospital

"Wearing a helmet when tobogganing can save lives", emphasizes the KFV.

(Bild: Peter Freiberger)

Is the danger of tobogganing underestimated? Every year, thousands of people in Austria are injured during this leisure activity - there are even fatalities. An expert wants to raise awareness with accident statistics and explains what you should look out for when tobogganing.

On New Year's Day, for example, several fatal tobogganing accidents occurred in Tyrol, some of which resulted in serious injuries. And things continued in the same vein in the still young year. Most recently, there was a serious crash on a toboggan run in Ehrwald (Reutte district). There was talk of a real pile-up after several German holidaymakers got in each other's way on Friday evening. A teenager (17) suffered a femur fracture and a 22-year-old female compatriot sustained injuries to her collarbone.

Only a short time later, the next emergency - this time in the district of Kufstein. On the Schneeberg in Thiersee, a 52-year-old man from Upper Bavaria came off the toboggan run. Three meters below the trail, he crashed into a tree. According to the police, the man suffered several broken bones!