A 78-year-old was incredibly unlucky in a car accident in his home municipality of Alpbach in Tyrol (Kufstein district) on Tuesday evening. The man was driving on a mountain road when his SUV fell about 100 meters and overturned several times.
Around 5:15 p.m., the Tyrolean was driving his pickup from Zottaalm through the valley towards Alpbach when, according to his own statements, his windshield fogged up due to fog and heavy rain and he went over the edge of the path due to bad roads. visibility.
Crawled towards the house
“The car then fell approximately 1,000 feet and nearly 350 feet down a steep, grassy, 30-degree slope,” police said. The vehicle struck a guardrail and may have rolled over several times before coming to rest on the opposite side of the ramp. “The man managed to get out of the car under his own power and crawl to a nearby house,” explains fire chief Christoph Lintner.
Man taken to Innsbruck clinic
The injured driver was found by a passing motorist who started the rescue chain. The pensioner was taken to the clinic in Innsbruck.
The completely damaged vehicle was protected from another crash by the volunteer fire brigades Alpbach and Inneralpbach, who attended the scene with 36 emergency services.
Source: Krone
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