On the reservoir bridge

Guard rail pierces car, preventing crash!

(Bild: DOKU-NÖ)

Two adults and a child had a stroke of bad luck on the reservoir bridge in Ottenstein: for reasons as yet unexplained, the car crashed into the guard rail, which literally impaled the vehicle. They were about to plunge tens of meters into the shallows of the reservoir!

A serious accident occurred on Sunday afternoon directly on the Ottenstein reservoir bridge on the B38 federal highway. For as yet unexplained reasons, a vehicle left the road and hit the crash barrier. Part of the guardrail may have torn and punctured the vehicle.

Pierced car secured before plunging to the ground
The three occupants, one of whom was a child, were extremely lucky as the crash barrier missed all three of them. The impaling also prevented the car from falling off the bridge into the Ottenstein reservoir, which begins about 20 meters below the bridge and is tens of meters deep at this point.

Fire department on the way home
Two fire engines, which were on their way home from the state performance competitions in Leobersdorf, arrived, secured the accident site, took care of the injured persons and set the rescue chain in motion.

The emergency services were alerted and took the casualties to hospital with injuries of indeterminate severity. The responsible fire department recovered the vehicle and made the car safe.