Overview
- Vorarlberg police confirmed the 21-year-old German died on January 27 at Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch after several days of treatment.
- The fall occurred in the Damüls ski area when he left the marked piste and crossed a connection path previously flattened by a snowcat.
- According to police, his board caught in a depression at the path edge, broke, and he was thrown headfirst onto the ground.
- He was wearing a helmet but sustained a severe skull–brain injury and was flown by rescue helicopter from the scene to the hospital.
- Police report the crash date as January 17, while one outlet cited January 16, and the case is being reported alongside other recent Alpine accidents.