A Dutch student is this afternoon in Zell am See in Austria to court because of a deadly skiongeluk. He is prosecuted for the accidental killing of a 52-year-old woman.
On Friday February 9, last year, the Dutch snowboarder in Saalbach-Hinterglemm the last run of his vacation time on his snowboard. According to his lawyer, Stephan Wijnkamp was not very hard: “some 45 kilometers per hour, a very normal speed for the blue piste in Saalbach”.
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The 20-year-old Dutchman declared that he is a turn to the left, and there came suddenly from the left to the woman. Both came falling down. The 52-year-old Austrian remained. Subsequently, a search and rescue helicopter her to the hospital in Zell am See where she later died. “The next day there was a reconstruction done on the slopes. My client was there without a lawyer. A sports scientist has to the damage on the ski boot and ski of the woman looked. He concluded that my client’s on the back of the woman is snowboarding with a difference in speed of 15 kilometers per hour.” There were no witnesses of the accident.
Conclusion
According to Wijnkamp, who is in Austria with his law firm specialized in skiongelukken, is that a wrong conclusion. “My client is a very good snowboarder. That is also laid down in a test. The woman was there all of a sudden. The track is about fifty feet wide. She and her husband skieden from the left side to the right side. She is behind her man. The victim has not well-anticipated.” the
The 52-year-old Susanne Buchrucker died a half hour after being in the hospital had arrived. The woman had broken ribs and a ruptured liver. According to her husband she was always very careful on the slopes. the
Wijnkamp has his skis taken to the courtroom. And also the student has his snowboard ready. “It may be that the judge this afternoon to 16 pm, the time of the accident, however, a second reconstruction on the slopes.”
