26-07-2025
Baby lucky to be alive after pram falls 50 metres down mountain
The pushchair started uncontrollably rolling down the steep slope after the mother (23) stopped to open a gate into a field at around 12.55pm on July 14, police said.
It tumbled nearly 50 metres and overturned several times before crashing.
'The baby was thrown from the pushchair,' a police spokesperson said.
Police are investigating the incident but have not yet spoken to the family, who are in shock, Austria's national public broadcaster ORF reported.
The family of three had been hiking in the Tyrolean Alps in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis area.
The incident happened on the way to Frommes Alp in Fiss municipality, according to German newspaper Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger.
The Fiss mountain rescue team happened to be nearby and rushed to help. They gave the baby first aid and helped the family down the slope.
The baby received emergency treatment at the Zams hospital, after which the child was taken by helicopter to the University Hospital in Innsbruck.
Hospital spokesman Johannes Schwamberger told local media the baby was injured but not in a life-threatening condition.
The child is in a paediatric intensive care unit 'for safety and observation', he said.
'Considering the severity of the accident, the child was extremely lucky,' Mr Schwamberger added.
