Frontal collision – Microsleep was the cause of a serious accident

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The microsleep of a 43-year-old driver probably led to a traffic accident in Upper Austria on Monday morning. In a slight right turn, she came into an oncoming lane and collided head-on with an oncoming motorist. The driver was then taken to hospital.

The driver from the Braunau district was driving on Braunauer Landesstraße B147 from Mattighofen towards Braunau on September 19, 2022 at around 06:00. According to her own statements, she fell asleep in the municipality of Helpfau-Uttendorf and came into a slight right turn into the oncoming lane, where she collided head-on with the oncoming car, driven by a 28-year-old driver from the Braunau district. .

Total loss on both vehicles
The driver suffered undetermined injuries in the accident and was taken to Braunau Hospital for inpatient treatment following emergency medical attention. The 28-year-old driver was not injured in the accident. The vehicles involved were declared a total loss. The FF Uttendorf was deployed with three vehicles, a forklift and 20 men.

Source: Krone

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