Incredible images after a train accident in the Innviertel: a tractor-trailer was hit by a Mattigtalbahn train in Munderfing. The force of the impact tore the vehicle in two. The driver of the truck survived and no train passengers were reported to have been injured.
These are images that shock. The fatal accident took place shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday at an unguarded level crossing on the Mattigtalbahn in the town of Achenlohe near Munderfing. The truck driver may have overlooked the approaching train. The driver was unable to avoid the collision.
The impact split the truck in two, just behind the driver’s cab. Ultimately, the tractor and driver were on one side of the track, the semi-trailer on the other side. The train came to a stop a few meters later. The rescuers quickly arrived on the scene. The truck driver was injured to an unknown degree. According to the first information on site, train passengers were not injured.
Source: Krone
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