A tragedy of an accident shakes the 26th Bike Week in Faak am See: a motorcyclist and his wife from Burgenland are killed in a head-on collision on the provincial road in Rosegg.
According to the authorities and police, the 26th European Cycling Week around Lake Faaker See was quiet until Friday evening. Especially when it comes to traffic – so far there have only been “a few injured cyclists who have had an accident”. Around 5:15 p.m., a terrible drama around the internationally popular festival caused a shock: a head-on collision occurred on the federal road near Rosegg.
“For reasons still unknown, a motorcyclist with his companion in the passenger seat ended up on the left side of the road in a right-hand bend and collided head-on with an oncoming car,” the police reported to the “Kroon”. For the motorcyclist couple from Burgenland (both 63 years old), all help came too late. Despite courageous first aid measures by a doctor who happened to be present, the victims succumbed to their serious injuries at the scene of the accident.
Failed overtaking maneuver?
The driver involved survived the accident unharmed, but suffered shock. The investigation into the accident is ongoing. According to unconfirmed ‘Krone’ information, the blue Harley had already collided with a vehicle from the side before the fatal head-on collision. Apparently during an overtaking manoeuvre.
Compared to this drama, all previous incidents surrounding the Harley meeting were actually “trivial”: On Thursday evening, a 37-year-old Tyrolean completely panicked when he was confronted by police officers with an alleged physical injury and attacked an officer. During the arrest, he injured a uniformed officer.
Group beats victim until hospitalization
Not the only use of force by the police: a 59-year-old was beaten by five strangers until he was hospitalized. “The men got into an argument – and it completely escalated,” the director said.
Source: Krone
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