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A leading German politician, Dieter Althaus, has been badly hurt and a woman has died after they collided while skiing in central Austria. The accident occurred yesterday at the Riesneralm ski area in Upper Styria. Orthopedic surgeon Christoph Collersbeck has reported that Althaus suffered injuries to the skull and brain, with minor bleeding in the brain, and that he is in an artificially induced coma but that his injuries do not seem to be life-threatening....Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/01/europe/EU-Austria-Ski-Accident.php
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just to add more from German radio reports this morning:
Althaus is the Minister-President of Thuringen in the former East Germany.
There was a collision between him and a woman only identified as an American citizen born in Slovakia. He was wearing a helmet, she was not. She died en route to the hospital. He was initially determined to be OK, but started showing symptoms of head injuries later in the day and was taken to hospital, where he was put into an induced coma and is awaiting surgery. His injuries are not now considered to be life threatening.
There was no report of who is at fault for the collision.
My girlfriend has informed me that I will be getting a helmet for my birthday.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Althaus is apparently being investigated for manslaughter. He emerged from his coma yesterday and was due to be questioned by police, although doctors said that due to the nature of his injuries it was unlikely he would remember the accident. Last night (sunday) he had not yet been informed of Christandl's death.
See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/05/skiing-manslaughter-althaus-germany
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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God, how terrible these stories are. Interesting quote from the end of the article, I thought:
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| According to the Austrian Committee for Traffic Security, 80% of all collisions on the slopes happen as a result of people overestimating their own abilities and mistakes in technique. Most are caused by men. |
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Hurtle, looks like fair comment, from what I have seen.
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| achilles wrote: |
| Hurtle, looks like fair comment, from what I have seen. |
I'd add, most are young men.
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rob@rar, I think you can just leave it at Men age is irrelivant
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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el Hen, found this link on another forum re. a possible update to this story. see here
maybe we should direct them to one of our many threads on the subject... 
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