Three injured

Looking at sat nav: driver crashes into another car

The 22-year-old's vehicle crashed into a tree after the collision.

(Bild: mathis.studio/Stefan Zangerl)

There was a violent collision between two cars in Rankweil on Saturday afternoon. Due to the force of the impact, one of the two cars was thrown against a traffic sign and then against a tree. Both drivers and a passenger were injured.  

Unsuspecting anything bad, a 22-year-old woman was driving at the Appenzeller Straße/Loretoweg junction at around 2.30 p.m. on Saturday when a 60-year-old woman also approached the junction. She wanted to drive straight on from Appenzeller Straße in the direction of Merowinger Straße. Distracted by looking at her navigation system, she drove onto the junction without braking and gave way to the 22-year-old.  

Violent collision
The vehicles crashed into each other at the junction. The force of the impact caused the 60-year-old's car to skid towards the kerb on Appenzeller Straße. The younger woman's car first flew into a traffic sign and then crashed into a tree.

The airbags of both vehicles were deployed in the collision, but the drivers still suffered minor injuries and had to be taken to Feldkirch Regional Hospital by ambulance. A third woman, the passenger of the 22-year-old, was also slightly injured.

Numerous emergency services at the scene
The emergency services were deployed with two ambulances and an emergency ambulance, the fire department with four vehicles and the federal police with two cars.