Serious traffic accident on Saturday evening in Buch in Tyrol. During an overtaking maneuver, three cars collided with each other at full speed. One car even ended up in a stream. Four people were injured, some seriously. But this was not the only accident on Whit Saturday in Tyrol.
Around 6:40 p.m., a 53-year-old Austrian woman drove her car on Tiroler Straße from Buch towards Schwaz. Her 79-year-old mother was in the passenger seat. At the same time, a 61-year-old Austrian and a 63-year-old Austrian woman were traveling in the opposite direction. “During this journey, one of the two vehicle drivers overtook him, although it could not yet be clearly determined whether the 61-year-old or the 63-year-old was the overtaking vehicle,” the police said.
During the overtaking process, the 53-year-old had to avoid the overtaking car and sent her car into the guardrail. The approaching 61-year-old then collided with the 63-year-old’s car. This collision caused the 63-year-old to collide with the 53-year-old. Both vehicles were thrown into the adjacent pasture. The 63-year-old had to be rescued from the car by the fire brigade with rescue scissors. As a result of the collision, the 61-year-old’s car was thrown into a stream bed several hundred meters from the accident site and landed on its roof. He was rescued from the car by emergency workers.
Four people were injured, some seriously
According to the current state of the investigation, two people were seriously injured and two people were significantly injured. The 63-year-old had to be flown to the clinic in Innsbruck by rescue helicopter. The 61-year-old, the 53-year-old and their 79-year-old mother were taken by ambulance to the district hospital in Schwaz. The three vehicles involved were severely damaged and are no longer roadworthy. “To clarify the circumstances of the accident, all three cars have been seized on the orders of the public prosecutor,” the director said. At the time the accident was registered, the B 171 must have been completely closed. A diversion has been set up.
Young people crashed on a small motorcycle
Shortly before 3 p.m., a 16-year-old German woman, who apparently entered a right bend too quickly on her small motorcycle, fell in St. Jakob in Defereggen (Lienz district) and slid towards the guardrail. The young woman was seriously injured and was taken by the rescue team to the district hospital in Lienz.
Touched with the motorcycle control panel
Around 4:20 p.m., a 19-year-old Austrian woman got into a traffic jam with her motorcycle in Brennerstrasse in Schönberg (Innsbruck-Land district), fell and slid on the road into the green area of oncoming traffic. She was also seriously injured and had to be taken by the rescue team to the state hospital in Hall in Tirol. “The motorcycle was damaged. There was no damage to the guide post,” police said.
Serious bicycle accident in the Zillertal
A serious bicycle accident also took place in Aschau im Zillertal (Schwaz district) around 8 p.m. According to the police, a local resident (65) lost control of his e-bike due to carelessness, hit the curb with the front wheel and then fell headfirst over his bicycle on the asphalt. Despite wearing a crash helmet, the man was seriously injured and was flown to the clinic in Innsbruck by rescue helicopter.
Source: Krone
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