The conditions of the rescue operation were challenging.
Four A member of a Danish family was seriously injured in a gondola lift accident in Hochoetz, Tyrol, in the Austrian Alps, says BBC.
The gondola used by the family collapsed from a height of about 10 meters after a tree fell on the lift's support cable on Tuesday morning.
The rescue operation proved to be challenging, as the slope below the elevator was steep. According to the BBC, two other people in the adjacent elevator booth were also injured due to the vibration that followed the accident. It is not known whether the persons were seriously injured.
According to the authorities, there are currently no indications of a technical fault or human error. It is not known what caused the tree to fall onto the support cable.
Inside the collapsed elevator were the family's father, son, daughter and the children's uncle. They were rescued from the accident site by helicopter. According to the BBC, the injuries of one family member are life-threatening.
The accident did not affect the other cabins of the gondola lift.
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