Tragedy: a Hungarian mountaineer found dead in Austria

Inforadio.hu reports that a 27-year-old Hungarian climber was found dead in the Rax Mountains in Austria.

Two Viennese nurses found the man on Monday, who were headed to the Preinerwandsteig mountain. The Hungarian climber tried to take this same route, but fell into a scree ditch on 1700 metres, then died. The nurses immediately attempted to resuscitate him.

Roland Berger, the spokesperson of the Niederösterreich police station, told Blikk that the nurses were fighting to bring him back for 45 minutes. Their efforts were in vain, as the man suffered heavy injuries on his head, torso and legs, causing his death.

They immediately called for help, but the helicopter rescue had to be canceled due to the bad weather conditions. Eventually, after five hours, seventeen mountain rescuers arrived at the scene, but even they couldn’t save his life.