In accordance with witnesses, the person left the Reichensteinhütte on Eisenerzer Reichenstein in the direction of the valley at 1 p.m. however by no means returned residence. Shortly after 8 p.m., Alpine police and mountain rescue started looking for the lacking particular person.
At round 10:15 p.m., a search occasion discovered the hiker in a scree discipline round 170 meters beneath the precise path. In accordance with the police, any assist got here too late for the 51-year-old and he died on the scene of the accident. Emergency companies rescued the hiker and introduced him right down to the valley.
How the accident occurred is the topic of the investigation. Nevertheless, third-party negligence is dominated out, the Styrian Safety Directorate introduced on Thursday morning.
