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Hunter Shot Dead on Hochsitz During Driven Hunt in Westpfalz

Police opened a formal death investigation to examine multiple scenarios after securing weapons and recording participants' identities.

In Rheinland-Pfalz ist ein Jäger nach einer Treibjagd tot in einem Waldgebiet gefunden worden. Der 48-Jährige wurde leblos auf einem Hochsitz im Pfälzerwald bei Trippstadt entdeckt, wie die Polizei mitteilte.
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Overview

  • Passersby found the 48-year-old hunter unresponsive on a Hochsitz in the Johanniskreuz/Trippstadt area and first responders performed CPR before he was pronounced dead.
  • Police say the man sustained a gunshot wound and have launched a Todesermittlungsverfahren to investigate how the shooting occurred.
  • During the same driven hunt a 29-year-old hunter was seriously injured by a wild boar and taken to hospital, and authorities currently see no link between the two incidents.
  • Officers secured several firearms, took statements and registered the identities of hunt participants, and crisis support teams have been deployed to care for those involved.
  • The case adds to a string of recent hunting accidents in the region and could prompt closer scrutiny of driven-hunt safety rules and how large group hunts are organised.