Bus accident with consequences – How a childhood dream became a crushed wreck

Spectators on the Spieljochbahn, photos in countless media and social networks – the 61-year-old from Baden-Württemberg would happily have done without this “celebrity”. Now he picked up his crumpled Porsche 911 Carrera S, which was ‘buried’ under a self-driving bus on March 11, from the towing service in Zell am Ziller. The temporary end of a boyhood dream!

Almost 90,000 euros for a 385 hp sports car
“As a child I always wanted to have a Porsche,” recalls the 61-year-old boss of his own company. When he underwent heart surgery in 2012 (“you only live once”), he spent 89,000 euros for the 385 hp racer. This had previously served as the group’s management vehicle. Fischinger only drove 44,000 kilometers over the years and guarded his Porsche like a treasure.

“I had to comfort the bus driver instead of him comforting me.”
Then the fatal March 11 in Fügen. “At the ski lodge the yeast dumpling got stuck in my throat when I heard about the accident.” At first he took it with humor – “and I had to comfort the distraught bus driver instead of him comforting me.” But it soon dawned on him: his Carrera S, pressed against the asphalt by the bus, was probably a total loss. “I don’t think I’ll ever drive it again,” says the entrepreneur.

It’s hard to get your own Porsche
The financial? A purchase report a few weeks before the accident showed 80,000 euros. He should receive this amount, but probably less, from the insurance company. The 61-year-old immediately started looking for an equal replacement. So far he has only found one Porsche of the same type, in the US for 129,000 dollars (about 118,000 euros). “My copy also had potential for improvement. Ultimately, I will probably be left with tens of thousands of euros in damage.”

Followed by a series of bad luck in the Zillertal
In the Zillertal, the sports car enthusiast apparently has bad luck: on the day of the Porsche incident, his ski poles were stolen from the hut. “And last year I lost my mobile phone on the slopes. The next day I was able to locate it, but the snow plow had already run over it.”

Still, he wants to come back, the booking at the Kohlerhof is confirmed. “Also because bus company Christophorus apologized so nicely. The cable car gave us a day off for the day after the accident.”

Accident scene now available as a painting
A Porsche, a bus, an accident scene. A Tyrolean artist captured the day that was so dark for Michael Fischinger forever – in an oil painting. “This fate has inspired me somehow,” says the painter, “it is fortunate that no one was injured here.”

Angelina Bolle from Rattenberg (Kufstein district) is a freelance artist and actually made the 50 by 40 centimeter painting for practice purposes: “For speed, to train, to jump into a situation.” Bolle completed her artwork the weekend after the incident. Now she offers it for sale on Facebook Marketplace: 250 euros for the original, 30 euros for A3 prints. Would she also sell it to Michael Fischinger? “He is welcome to make me an offer,” laughs Bolle, who is from the Netherlands and has lived in Tyrol for twenty years.

It was the first time she captured a dramatic scene from real life, but possibly not the last: “I paint motifs related to emotions, as long as they are not too negative,” says the 43-year-old. next in view. Namely the massive brawl in Gerlos, where Dutch football fans beat each other up with skis and sticks last week in an almost cinematic manner: “This is modern Renaissance painting!”