Car overturned
Four fatalities in traffic accident in Lower Austria
Four people were killed in a traffic accident involving a car with Swedish registration on the B17 in the St. Egyden am Steinfeld area (Neunkirchen district) late on Thursday evening. According to police reports from Friday morning, two other occupants were critically injured.
The car had driven over a traffic circle without braking for an as yet unexplained reason and overturned several times. Five of the six occupants were thrown out of the vehicle.
The crash happened shortly before 9.30 p.m. on Thursday. The car had been traveling on the B17 from Neunkirchen in the direction of Wiener Neustadt.
Emergency services had no chance
The car ended up in a wooded area and came to rest on its roof. The five people were thrown out of the car by the impact with the trees, reported the Lower Austria State Police Directorate in a press release.
The fatalities - four men - succumbed to their serious injuries on the spot. Resuscitation measures carried out by emergency services were unsuccessful.
Duo still in a life-threatening condition
One of the occupants was taken to Wiener Neustadt Regional Hospital, another person was flown to Graz University Hospital by the "Christophorus 17" emergency helicopter. The duo were initially in a life-threatening condition. The B17 was closed from around 9.45 pm to 0.30 am.
Investigations into the circumstances were "running at full speed" on Friday, said police spokesman Johann Baumschlager on request. It was not yet clear who had been driving the vehicle. The car was seized by order of the public prosecutor's office in Wiener Neustadt.
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