2024-02-12 17:54:25
Published12. February 2024, 6:54 p.m
Liam Wallace: “Rashed into the forest” – team doctor saved ski racer’s life
In the run-up to the World Cup races in Bansko, Bulgaria, Canadian Liam Wallace fell badly. A team doctor saved his life. A supervisor is now speaking regarding the incident.
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Canadian Liam Wallace crashed heavily before the World Cup race in Bansko.
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A team doctor from the Austrian Ski Association rushed to help and saved the life of the accident victim.
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Now the Austrian racing director Marko Pfeifer speaks regarding the scene.
There was a serious accident on Friday in the run-up to the World Cup giant slalom in Bansko, Bulgaria. 24-year-old Canadian Liam Wallace fell while driving in and suffered injuries so serious that his life was in danger.
A team doctor from the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) was quickly at the scene of the accident as a first aider, punctured the athlete’s lung – and thus saved his life. When asked for 20 minutes, the ÖSV said that the doctor did not want to talk regarding the situation and did not want to be named.
“I called the doctor immediately”
The Austrian racing director Marko Pfeifer also experienced the scene first hand. “The whole thing happened three goals below me. “He had a cut and raced unchecked through the fence and into the deepest forest,” he told the “Tiroler Tageszeitung”.
And further: “That was massive, I thought: ‘Hopefully he’s still alive.'” He immediately called the doctor, who luckily wasn’t far away. “He was there immediately and saved his life. I’m really happy that it turned out so well.”
Wallace, who suffered internal bleeding and multiple rib fractures, is now on the mend. He is in a hospital in Sofia and his family is already with him.
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