Overview
- In Pollham, Upper Austria, a 56-year-old working alone was struck in the chest when an ash tree split during felling around 15:05 on December 30.
- He received first aid from Red Cross responders before an emergency doctor transferred him to Klinikum Wels.
- In the Bamberg district of Bavaria, a 54-year-old was hit by a falling tree while working privately with his 19-year-old son in a forest near Schlüsselfeld.
- The Bergwacht extracted the injured man and transported him to a rescue helicopter, which flew him to a hospital, with police reporting no danger to life.
- Local reports cite emergency services and police for initial details, with no further medical updates or investigative findings published so far.