The woman (73) and her husband (79) were rescued by "Christophorus 15" with a rope, reported the Lower Austria State Police Directorate. The severely injured 73-year-old was subsequently flown to the Linz Accident Hospital. The 79-year-old was taken by the rescue service to the Lilienfeld State Hospital.

Couple Injured in Mountain Accident in Lilienfeld

The woman had fallen down a slope. Her husband slipped immediately behind a bush and instinctively held onto branches, according to the police. At the foot of an almost vertical and rocky slope, he saw the 73-year-old lying. Another hiker, 66 years old and from the St. Pölten district, heard cries for help, pulled the 79-year-old back onto the hiking trail, and initiated the rescue chain.

(APA/Red)

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