Sussex snowboarder fighting for life after being crushed on slopes in Austria (From The Argus)

Sussex snowboarder fighting for life after being crushed on slopes in Austria

10:53am Thursday 21st March 2013 in News

A British snowboarder suffered horrific injuries after he was dragged under a piste-basher machine in the Austrian Alps.

The 35-year-old man, from West Sussex, is fighting for his life in hospital after he was reportedly crushed between the front of the vehicle and its drive chain on the slopes at the Solden ski resort in the Tyrol.

A local news report said he became trapped in the area between the drive train and the snowblower at the back of the vehicle on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the foreign office said: 'We have seen the reports and are urgently looking into them.

'We stand ready to offer consular assistance at this difficult time.

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