A navigation system should make driving easier and safer. However, on Saturday afternoon in Rankweil (Vorarlberg) it became clear that this is not always the case. A 60-year-old driver was so distracted that she caused a serious accident that resulted in her and the other person involved in the accident being hospitalized.
Around 2:35 p.m., a 22-year-old was driving her dark Skoda station wagon, registered in Switzerland, on Appenzeller Strasse towards the city center. At the same time, the 60-year-old driver of a blue Renault was driving on Loretoweg towards the intersection with Appenzeller Straße.
Fatal look at the navigation system
According to police, she intended to cross Appenzeller Strasse straight towards Merowinger Strasse, but the woman, who was unfamiliar with the area, was so distracted by looking at her navigation system that she left the intersection without braking. drove up. she then drove the Skoda of the 22nd year old woman which collided. The force of the impact threw the 60-year-old’s Renault and came to a stop next to the curb on Appenzeller Strasse.
Women had to be taken to hospital
The collision pushed the other vehicle head-on toward an intersection sign and a tree. The collision deployed the airbags in both cars.
Both drivers were injured to an unknown degree and had to be taken to Feldkirch State Hospital after initial treatment at the scene by emergency services, who arrived with an emergency vehicle and two ambulances. A passenger in the 22-year-old’s Skoda was slightly injured in the accident.
Source: Krone
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