height_ft weight_lb shoots birth_place team image_size position name league birth_date height_in article_title draft ntl_team career_start
6 201 right visp , switzerland ehc biel 225px forward kevin lotscher nla 17 february 1988 3 kevin lotscher
 undrafted switzerland 2005
kevin lotscher

kevin lotscher -lrb- born february 17 , 1988 -rrb- is a swiss former professional ice hockey player who last played for ehc biel in switzerland 's national league a .
he is participating at the 2011 iihf world championship as a member of the switzerland men 's national ice hockey team .
in the early hours of may 14 , 2011 , kevin lotscher was involved in a traffic accident in the swiss town of sierre , and suffered life-threatening head injuries .
police have reported that lotscher was walking on the side of the road around 4:30 a.m. when he was hit head-on by a drunk driver .
the driver of the car , a 19-year-old woman , tested positive for alcohol and was detained by police .
this would eventually end his professional hockey career .
