Serious traffic accident Saturday afternoon on the B320 near Gröbming in Styria: The 77-year-old driver of a minivan left the road and the vehicle was catapulted over a guardrail into a ditch.
The incident took place on the Ennstal federal road near the Gröbming ring road, which is known to be dangerous. “A minibus from Baden-Württemberg left the road, hit the beginning of a guardrail, literally took off, hit a traffic sign, fell over the embankment and eventually ended up on its side in a meadow,” reports Christoph Schlüßlmayr from the area fire. brigade command Liezen.
The accident caused the car to roll over several times. The two occupants – a 77-year-old Croat and his 75-year-old wife – were trapped in the wreckage and were freed by 30 members of the Gröbming and Stein an der Enns fire brigades using several hydraulic rescue sets.
Helicopter operation
While the man was transported by the Red Cross to the Schladming Hospital under the supervision of an emergency physician, the woman was taken by emergency physician helicopter to the LKH Schwarzach (Salzburg). Members of the Gröbming Volunteer Fire Department recovered the accident wreckage using a cable winch and crane, and the roadblock was reopened to traffic after an hour-long operation.
Source: Krone
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