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Top German neo-Nazi plummets 200 feet to his death while hiking on Hitler’s favorite mountain

Out there the ER is always far
I don't think you grasp how compact countries in Europe are. The site of this fall is just 25km (16 miles) by road from the nearest ER (in the city of Salzburg); It's a 35 minute drive if you don't have flashing lights and siren that let you ignore speed limits and red lights. An ambulance could likely get there in 20 or less. And a helicopter (which they used) would be quicker still - the road is pretty twisty, and the straight line distance is about 15km (less than 10 miles).

That ER is in a different country (Austria), but it's not a long way away, and since the EU, there's no border controls in place - There's a small sign next to the road to let people know they crossed a border, but it's in the middle of a small town, and you could easily not notice.

As he died "instantly" it matters little in this case; But if you break a leg on the Untersberg, you needn't worry that rescue is many hours away.
I'm not saying it's many hours away, but it's still far enough that time to OR is a very big factor.
 
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