In the event of a tragic accident on the South Autobahn (A2) in the Scheiblingkirchen area in Lower Austria, four Ukrainians were killed – further serious injuries were sustained. Peter Luef, commander of the fire brigades, reported against the “crown” of the dramatic recovery and was shuffled: “I have never experienced anything like this in my career.”
In the accident of the devastating collision at 6.30 am, more and more shocking details will come to light on Tuesday. According to police spokesman Johann Baumschlager, the saddle tractor, occupied by two Peruvas, had just left a parking space when the minibus raced with full force in the vehicle.
In the minibus there a ukrainian citizen who steered the minibus, and seven ukrainians. Four of the women died in the tragic accident, the other prisoners and the steering wheel were serious injury. The police have excluded tractors and a chase.
Brandbrigade must crawl over the dead
The rescue of the Ukrainian survivors and fatalities of the Minibus presented the voluntary Fire Brigades Pitten and Edlitz with a particularly difficult task. According to the fire brigade, the occupants were caught by the collision and they had to be freed from the emergency services with great effort.
The rescue did not pass the emergency services without a track. “If you have to crawl over the dead to reach the living, it is unimaginably tragic,” said Chief Fire Inspector Peter Luef of the Pits Brigade in a voice against the “Krone”.
The steering wheel and his passenger of Peru, on the other hand, suffered minor injuries. The patients were transported on Tuesday morning to hospitals in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, explains Stefan Spielbichler from Notruf Lower Austria.
Three medical emergency helicopters of the ÖAMTC as well as three emergency doctors and nine emergency vehicles from the Red Cross, employees Son-Ariterate Association and SMD Rescue Service were on site. A kilometer -long traffic jam was made on the A2 and the alternative route over the B54 also led to delays.
According to Asfinag, the highway to Vienna remained closed until late in the morning. All available employees of the Warth highway team were busy with Dam Square. The fire brigade and the police worked under high pressure, while the executive power included the scene of the accident with drone measurements, said chief inspector Baumschlager.
The number of road fats increased in the first quarter
According to VCö, the number of road deaths in Austria rose in the first quarter. 62 people died in Austria in traffic accidents in the first three months and therefore eight more than in the first three months of the previous year, the mobility organization informs. According to a data analysis in Lower Austria, most road deaths with 21 fatalities, very few in Carinthia with two.
Source: Krone
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