Horror the day after in the community of Ilz: on Easter Monday, a Styrian (80) and his wife (84) were killed by a broken tree – they had no hope of survival.
Tuesday afternoon on the L404 near Ilz. There is not much traffic on the national highway, which was recently renovated a few years ago. The wind is blowing, very strong, but it is a mild breeze compared to the heavy storms of the previous days.
Markings on the road testify to the accident; on one side there are branches of a tree that must have once been enormous, and on the other side the stump sticks out of the forest floor. A few meters further the game fence is deeply dented. A couple died here on Easter Monday. A Fürstenfelder and his wife, aged 80 and 84, on their way to Ilz. They had no chance of survival.
During the storm, an ash tree, one that was “fresh in sap,” not a rotten one, crashed into her windshield, dented the roof, and the badly damaged silver Suzuki Hybrid was thrown into the woods. “Our team was on site within a very short time,” says Andreas Kundegraber, commander of the Ilz fire brigade.
The hydraulic scissors were used to gain access to the couple from Fürstenfeld as quickly as possible. But all help came too late for both.
The next day there was great consternation in the city. “Fate can be so cruel!” says August Friedheim, the second deputy mayor of Ilz. He muses: “A second earlier or a second later – and nothing would have happened to anyone.” A second is like turning around as you leave and wondering if you even blew out the candles or turned off the stove. One second that determines fate. And that was enough to take the retirees out of their lives.
Because it is on our doorstep
But why does this death affect us so much? “Because it could have happened to any of us,” says Pastor Regina Stampfl from Heinersdorf. It also shows you your own vulnerability. “The hostages in Gaza or the kidnapped children in the war in Ukraine are far away – but that happened on our doorstep. . .”
Source: Krone
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