He was airlifted to Innsbruck and placed into an induced coma. Grugger suffered a severe head trauma by crashing head-first onto the ski piste after a long jump. On 18 March 2011 he left the rehab clinic two months earlier due to his fast recovery progress.
Grugger was transported by air to Innsbruck and placed in a medically induced coma following severe head trauma from a face-first fall onto the ski slope after a long jump. On March 18, 2011, he left the rehabilitation center early due to rapid recovery.