Body damage and many injuries resulted in several spectacular traffic accidents on Tyrolean roads on Monday. In Wattens, for example, a resident (79) crashed into oncoming traffic with his car. Two people had to be taken to hospital.
Shortly after 4:30 p.m., the 79-year-old was driving his car in Wattens on Innsbrucker Straße heading west when for unknown reasons he lost control on the rain-soaked road and crashed into a traffic island. , crashed into an oncoming vehicle and eventually collided head-on with a 45-year-old’s vehicle. The woman and her 51-year-old passenger were seriously injured.
“The two were taken to the hospital in Halle by ambulance,” said the police. The B171 had to be closed in both directions for about an hour and a half during the clean-up work – traffic was diverted during this time. “The vehicles involved were significantly damaged,” the executive said.
Pedestrian (39) pushed to the ground
A short time later, a pedestrian was hit by a car in Tratzbergstrasse in Jenbach. The 39-year-old Turkish woman was about to cross a protection path when she was pushed to the ground by a Croatian (40) car. The injured have been taken to the hospital in Schwaz. Significant damage was caused to the car.
Hit by car when snow chains were fitted
As early as 4 p.m., an Italian (45) wanted to drive his car on the B186 in the municipality of Sölden in “extreme winter road conditions” to avoid a stationary car and hit a car that was also there. A 29-year-old German who was installing the snow chains on the car was pushed to the ground. He sustained serious injuries and was taken to Medalp Sports Clinic by the rescue team. There was significant damage to all three vehicles. The B186 was closed in both directions for a long time until the accident investigation was completed.
Source: Krone
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