Spectacular traffic accident Tuesday morning in the Tyrolean lowlands: Suddenly a rear tire came loose from a tractor driving on the B170 in Wörgl (Kufstein district) with a trailer and an excavator loaded on it. This caused the seven-ton excavator to tip over and fall onto the dike.
The strange accident happened shortly after 7am. A 41-year-old local man was driving one The tractor and semi-trailer, on which a seven-ton excavator was loaded, were on the B170 Brixentalstraße towards Wörgl when the left rear wheel of the tractor suddenly came loose for an unknown reason.
Driver was lucky by accident
This caused the semi-trailer to tip over and the excavator to land on the adjacent embankment, where it fell on its side. A blessing in disguise: “The driver was not injured in the accident,” police say.
Disability after an accident
It is not known whether and how seriously the trailer and excavator were damaged. In any case, the guardrail there was badly hit. The accident caused traffic delays and the B170 was only passable in one lane until around 9am.
Source: Krone
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