Driver injured – tree trunk falls from 30 meters in front of the car

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Directly in front of the car of a 45-year-old from Bad Ischl (Upper Austria), a beech tree from a height of 30 meters fell on the B 145. The woman was unable to brake in time and ran into it. was injured.

The 45-year-old woman from Bad Ischl drove her car on the B 145 towards Bad Goisern on Tuesday morning around 07:00. Near Lauffen, a beech trunk suddenly hit the road ahead of her. It had slipped from a height of about 30 meters over a rock rim and broken through the stone protection. The driver hit it with her car and suffered undisclosed injuries.

storm as the cause
Two agents of the Alpine Police Gmunden conducted the investigation in the rugged terrain above the B145. The fallen beech tree (about 50 centimeters high) had a brown core and was probably knocked over by the thunderstorms and storms of the past few days and started sliding due to the rain. Incidentally, the stone chip protection was immediately repaired by the Bad Ischl Road Maintenance Department.

Source: Krone

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