Autobahn closed – pensioner causes serious traffic accident

Monday afternoon near Biedermannsdorf a serious traffic accident occurred, including a total blockage of the southern autobahn in the south. As eyewitnesses reported to the “Krone,” an approximately 80-year-old woman changed lanes in her car to overtake a truck without signaling or paying attention to traffic in the other lane. Another car was unable to brake in time and collided with the woman’s car.

Notarztheli lands on the highway
Eyewitnesses immediately notified emergency services. In addition to the police and the Red Cross, a large contingent of the Wiener Neudorf volunteer fire department, who are responsible for this section of the highway, have made their way through the miles-long traffic jam to the scene of the accident. Due to the suspected seriousness of the injuries sustained as the probable cause of the accident, the ÖAMTC emergency medical helicopter Christophorus 3, which had just completed a mission in nearby Traiskirchen, was also sent to Biedermannsdorf.

The southbound highway had to be completely closed for the landing of the flying intensive care unit. After the pensioner was freed by the fire brigade and treated by emergency medical services, she was flown by the rescue helicopter to a hospital. The second driver involved in the accident escaped with minor injuries.

A lane was then reopened to traffic, but the traffic jam was only slowly cleared because the Florianis still had to recover the accident vehicles. There was also a lot of traffic disruption on the alternative routes around the southern highway.