Road accident Cyclist seriously injured in accident on the Gotthard

SDA

21.7.2024 - 11:45

The Uri police had to be deployed to Andermatt on Saturday. A cyclist was injured in a road accident. (symbolic image)
The Uri police had to be deployed to Andermatt on Saturday. A cyclist was injured in a road accident. (symbolic image)
Keystone

A 33-year-old cyclist from Poland sustained serious injuries in a self-inflicted accident on the Gotthard road on Saturday morning. The Uri rescue service took him to the cantonal hospital, as the police reported on Sunday.

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The man had been traveling downhill in the Schöllenen in a group of eight people. In the Brüggwaldboden gallery, he said he had to swerve out of the way of an oncoming vehicle. He veered too far to the right, touched the concrete wall and fell onto the road.