Pensioner in electric wheelchair falls down embankment

A 95-year-old had an accident in Oberwil near Zug on Wednesday morning. He rode his electric scooter down a steep meadow and fell several metres down over a stone embankment.

On Wednesday morning, 8^th November, a 95-year-old man drove his electric wheelchair down a steep field and fell several metres down over a stone embankment. He thereby sustained life-threatening injuries. According to the Zug Police, the accident occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. on the Arthstrasse in Oberwil near Zug.

The pensioner fell several metres down an embankment                  Photo: Zug Police

After receiving initial medical care from the ambulance service, the pensioner was flown by Rega to a hospital in a neighbouring canton.

The exact course of the accident is now the subject of further investigations, writes the police. The Artherstrasse had to be closed briefly while the patient was being rescued.

Employees from the Zug ambulance service, Rega and several Zug police patrols were on duty at the scene of the accident

Source: Zug Police