Accident drama in Lower Austria

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Serious accident involving a mother and her baby in the Waldviertel.

(Bild: BFK/Mayer)

Alarm for the emergency services in the district of Waidhofen an der Thaya (Lower Austria): A 28-year-old woman had a serious accident with her infant daughter. The fire departments had to be called out to rescue people and the emergency helicopter was called out. The next dramatic traffic crash in the district within two weeks.

Tragic accident shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, 16 January in the Waldviertel: a 28-year-old driver and her eight-month-old baby left the road on the L 8164 between Niederedlitz and Göpfritzschlag in the district of Waidhofen an der Thaya, skidded over an embankment into the adjacent forest and crashed into a tree on the driver's side.

Next accident within two weeks
After the devastating traffic crash on Epiphany with two fatalities, this is the next serious traffic accident in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district within two weeks. 

First responders took baby, mother trapped
The 28-year-old mother was driving with her eight-month-old daughter. The woman was trapped in the accident. The baby was secured in the back seat and could be freed relatively easily by the first responders, as fire department spokesman Stefan Mayer told the "Krone" newspaper. The Florianis then secured the car with German license plates against a possible further crash and began to gain access to the driver using the hydraulic rescue equipment.

Flown to hospital with an emergency doctor
After initial treatment by the rescue and emergency medical teams in the vehicle, the emergency services carried out a gentle rescue of the 28-year-old woman. The injured driver was then flown to Horn Regional Hospital by emergency helicopter. The eight-month-old baby was taken to the Zwettl children's hospital for a check-up, apparently uninjured.