Accident in Tyrol

Small truck crashed into car and ended up on its roof

Spectacular traffic accident on Tuesday afternoon in Telfs in Tyrol! An unsuccessful overtaking maneuver by a car in front of him was the undoing of a 38-year-old German. The man's small truck ended up on its roof after a collision.

The German was the fourth in a convoy of vehicles on the Mieminger Straße in the municipality of Telfs (Innsbruck-Land district) at around 1.20 pm. "After the first car in the convoy tried to overtake a cyclist and, according to the information available so far, abruptly stopped overtaking and braked due to oncoming traffic, the 38-year-old hit the car in front of him," said the police.

Woman taken to hospital
As a result, the car hit the embankment on the right, overturned once and came to rest on its roof. The driver, a 43-year-old Austrian woman, was seriously injured and had to be taken to hospital in Zams by ambulance.

Road completely closed for a short time
Mieminger Straße was briefly closed to all traffic for the accident investigation and clean-up work. "The vehicles were then stopped on both sides and the entire road was reopened from 2.35 pm," said the police.