A Lower Austrian fell five meters while working on the facade of his home in Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt (Wiener Neustadt district) on Friday. The aluminum ladder on which the 59-year-old was standing is believed to have slipped, reported the police on Saturday. The man was seriously injured in the fall. The rescue helicopter Christophorus 16 took him to the University Hospital Wiener Neustadt.
