Many accidents in Tyrol

Car lands in stream: four injured in crash

A vehicle overturned and landed in a stream.

(Bild: ZOOM Tirol/Zoom.Tirol)

Serious traffic accident on Saturday evening in Buch in Tirol. Three cars collided with full force due to an overtaking maneuver. One car even ended up in a stream. Four people were injured, some of them seriously. However, this was not the only accident on Whit Saturday in Tyrol.

At around 6.40 pm, a 53-year-old Austrian woman was driving her car on Tiroler Straße from Buch in the direction of Schwaz. Her 79-year-old mother was sitting in the passenger seat. At the same time, a 61-year-old Austrian man and a 63-year-old Austrian woman were driving in the opposite direction. "During this journey, an overtaking maneuver was carried out by one of the two drivers, although it is not yet clear whether the 61-year-old or the 63-year-old was the overtaking vehicle," said the police. 

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In the course of the overtaking maneuver, the 53-year-old had to swerve out of the way of the overtaking car and steered her car into the guardrail. The oncoming 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 meadow. The 63-year-old had to be rescued from the car by the fire department using rescue shears. The 61-year-old's car was thrown several hundred meters away from the scene of the accident into a stream bed and ended up on its roof. He was rescued from the car by first responders.

Four people injured, some of them seriously
According to the current state of the investigation, two people were seriously injured and two people were seriously injured. The 63-year-old woman had to be flown to Innsbruck Hospital by rescue helicopter. The 61-year-old, the 53-year-old and her 79-year-old mother were taken to the district hospital in Schwaz by ambulance. The three vehicles involved were severely damaged and are no longer roadworthy. "To clarify the course of the accident, all three cars were seized by order of the public prosecutor's office," said the executive. The B 171 had to be completely closed while the accident was being investigated. A detour was set up.

Teenager crashed on small motorcycle
Shortly before 3 p.m., a 16-year-old German girl, who was apparently riding her small motorcycle too fast into a right-hand bend, crashed in St. Jakob in Defereggen (district of Lienz) and skidded into the guardrail. The young woman was seriously injured and taken to the district hospital in Lienz by the ambulance service.

Motorcycle hits crash barrier
At around 4.20 p.m., a 19-year-old Austrian woman touched a crash barrier on her motorcycle on Brennerstraße in Schönberg (Innsbruck-Land district), crashed and skidded on the road into the green area of the oncoming lane. She was also seriously injured and had to be taken to the regional hospital in Hall in Tirol by the ambulance service. "The motorcycle was damaged. There was no damage to the crash barrier," said the police.

The cyclist was treated on site by two emergency doctors for around an hour.

(Bild: ZOOM Tirol/Zoom.Tirol)

Serious bike accident in the Zillertal
At around 8 pm, there was also a serious cycling accident in Aschau im Zillertal (Schwaz district). According to the police, a local man (65) lost control of his e-bike due to carelessness, touched the kerb with his front wheel and subsequently fell head first over his bike onto the tarmac. Despite wearing a crash helmet, the man was seriously injured and flown to Innsbruck Hospital by rescue helicopter.