Serious accident with a Fiaker on Saturday in the Vienna Landstraße: a car wanted to overtake the carriage, but the vehicle may have hit it. The 35-year-old Fiaker driver dropped out of the team and suffered serious injuries.
The accident happened in the morning, just before 10 a.m. The driver wanted to overtake the carriage, which was driving without passengers towards the city, at Beatrixgasse. However, the two companions came into contact with each other. Exactly how this happened is under investigation.
Coachman may have been dragged along
In any case, the coachman fell to the ground, according to professional rescue spokesman Andreas Huber he may have been dragged a bit and then remained injured. The horses then trotted the carriage, driverless, past “The Mall” shopping center and over the bridge from the River Wien and Weiskirchnerstraße to the ring, police spokesman Christopher Verhnjak reported at the request of APA.
There, the animals and their vehicle were stopped by police officers and passers-by. They had previously touched another vehicle in traffic.
suspected fractures
The Fiaker driver was injured in the arms and legs and the carriage was damaged, the police spokesman said. According to the professional rescue service, the 35-year-old was hospitalized with suspected broken bones after the emergency room. The professional rescue was initiated with three teams.
Other people were not injured, but the two horses were. Ursula Chytracek of the involved company Fiaker stressed to the APA that the animals had only superficial abrasions. These were treated by a vet with wound ointment.
Source: Krone
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