Overview
- A 39-year-old in Austria suffered severe crush injuries to his right hand with a partially severed finger and was flown by helicopter to a clinic in Innsbruck.
- Early reporting in that case describes a downhill hardwood tree breaking prematurely under wood tension during a front-hanger cut performed with a felling wedge.
- Near Simmershofen in Bavaria, a 26-year-old was struck in the head and shoulder by a branch after a falling beech touched another tree, leaving him with severe facial injuries.
- The Simmershofen victim was taken by rescue helicopter to a specialist clinic, and police noted he had been wearing prescribed protective clothing.
- In Donauwörth, a 29-year-old fell about three meters from an aerial work platform when a lightning-damaged tree twisted and pushed him off, causing a leg fracture and prompting a police investigation.