On Thursday night an accident occurred on the western motorway near Eugendorf with a fully booked coach. According to initial information, about 20 inmates were injured. The Red Cross and the fire brigade were in action with a large contingent.
“We currently know three seriously injured and 16 slightly injured,” Red Cross spokeswoman Roberta Thanner said in the morning. “We currently have no reports of fatalities.” All accident victims were taken by ambulance to the Accident Hospital and State Hospital in Salzburg. “Eight people who were unharmed are currently being cared for by the crisis intervention team at our city headquarters,” said district rescue commander Hermann Gerstgraser.
Crash on the construction site
The accident happened around 3.30 am between the interchanges Salzburg-Nord and Wallersee (municipality of Eugendorf im Flachgau) in the direction of Vienna. This section is currently a construction site with oncoming traffic. The bus with about 25 passengers – originally called 50 – probably crashed into a concrete guardrail.
According to police spokesman Hans Wolfgruber, the bus was en route from Kosovo to Hanover. “These are tourists who are clearly from Kosovo.”
Large contingent of helpers
A large contingent of helpers was deployed to the scene of the accident. The Hallwang and Eugendorf fire brigades arrived with about 60 volunteers in eight vehicles and the Red Cross arrived with about 50 helpers in 14 vehicles. According to Gerstgraber, ambulances from Flachgau, from the city of Salzburg, from neighboring Upper Austria and a vehicle from Freilassing (Bavaria) and three emergency doctors were present.
highway impassable
The damaged bus was still at the accident site around 6 a.m., making the western highway in this area impassable. The vehicle was to be towed tomorrow morning.
Source: Krone
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