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Old Man Survives 40-Meter Fall in Austria

An elderly man survived after he fell from a 40-meter-height while touring a mountain region in Austria. (Reuters)

A 71-year-old German man survived after he fell from a 40-meter-height while touring a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Austrian police announced on Saturday that the man suffered a head injury and was hospitalized.

According to police reports, the man fell from a ramp and a rocky surface, and settled unconscious in a riverbed.

Due to bad weather conditions, the victim could not be rescued by helicopter. Four rescuers and a police officer therefore climbed up to reach him at about a 2,000-meter altitude.

They then managed to transport him by helicopter to the valley.

According to the German news agency, the elderly man was accompanied by a German group as they climbed the mountainous area.

The group was taken by helicopter to the valley after the weather improved.

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