AND Erhart Tutzer, 77 years old, the man died in Marlengo in an accident at work. Tutzer, owner of Plonerhof wine estate, he was working in the fields with his tractor. He was fertilizing the ground when he lost control of the vehicle, falling off a wall. A flight of over three meters, with the vehicle that he crushed itkilling him instantly.
The workplace accident involving Erhart Tutzer
Two neighbors raised the alarm at 2.45pm. Immediately rescued by health workers and firefighters volunteers from Marlengo and Merano, there was nothing for him to do. The police were also on site. Tutzer, founder of Inwinelab nursery in via Santa Giustina in Bolzano, was the owner of the Plonerhof. Once an apple orchard, it was taken over by Tutzer and his wife Herta Schafer in 2004, who transformed it into a five hectare wine estate of extension that they manage together with their children. Their wines have been awarded prestigious international awards several times. Just two weeks ago, they participated in Vinitaly, the international wine fair in Verona.
The third fatal accident in a few days
That cost Tutzer his life it is the second fatal accident at work in two days, the third in a week. On Friday it had happened in Rasun below, where Hartmann Hellweger, a 76-year-old woodcutter, had been crushed by the trunk of one of the trees he was removing from land he owned. The alarm was raised by a passer-by who had heard him shouting for help, but when the rescuers arrived there was nothing more that could be done. On Monday the drama took place in Nova Levante, where Armin Mittermair, 21 years old, he had been hit by the fall of a tree while he was working in the woods.
