On the B 20 near Kapfenberg, the exit of the S 6 motorway, the Semmering motorway, a collision took place between two cars on Friday evening. A man was injured to an undetermined degree, his pregnant wife and his 2-year-old child were seriously injured. . Two other people were slightly injured.
At around 6:40 p.m., a 35-year-old motorist from the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district drove on the B 20 coming from the S 6 towards Kapfenberg-Stadt. A 25-year-old man from the Leoben district was sitting in the passenger seat. An Israeli family drove their rental car from the opposite direction. A head-on collision occurred between the two vehicles. The 35-year-old and his passenger suffered minor injuries.
The 33-year-old driver of the oncoming vehicle suffered unknown injuries, his 2-year-old son, who was in the back seat, was seriously injured.
The pregnant woman, aged 33, who was in the passenger seat, was trapped in the vehicle and had to be freed from the vehicle by the Kapfenberg city fire brigade. She was also seriously injured. While firefighters worked, she was treated by the emergency doctor and the Red Cross through the open passenger window. After the rescue, she was flown to hospital with the rescue helicopter C 14. Father and son were taken to hospital by helicopter C 17.
The occupants of the other vehicle were taken to hospital by the Red Cross. An alcohol test on the 35-year-old driver was positive.
The B20 was completely closed during the salvage and clean-up work. In addition to the police, the Kapfenberg city fire brigade with 13 troops, the Red Cross with three car teams, an emergency doctor and two rescue helicopters were deployed in the traffic accident.
Source: Krone
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