The Austrian Red Cross said five mountain climbers died Sunday in the Austrian Alps in Wildgerlostal on Mount Gabler, east of Innsbruck, and a sixth climber was severely injured, the Austrian news agency APA reported. Five helicopters were sent to the scene, and the surviving climber was transported to a hospital in Schwarzach where he was said to be in serious condition. Nationalities of the victims have not yet been determined by emergency officials, the Red Cross official told the service.
Five people were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg.