Major traffic jam

Truck overturned on the Westautobahn near St. Georgen

An articulated lorry loaded with 26 tons of sunflower oil overturned on the Westautobahn.

(Bild: APA/BFKDO Amstetten/Schuller)

An articulated truck overturned on the A1 Westautobahn in Lower Austria on Saturday morning. It was loaded with 26 tons of sunflower oil. As the semi-trailer came to rest on the central crash barrier, recovery was difficult, according to the district fire brigade.

However, the sunflower oil did not have to be pumped out, they said. During the recovery work, there was a considerable traffic jam on the A1 between Amstetten East and West in the direction of Salzburg. The incident occurred near St. Georgen am Ybbsfelde in the Amstetten district.

Recovery quite complicated
According to the Amstetten district fire brigade command, it was lucky that the truck did not tip over onto the other carriageway. 25 firefighters with seven vehicles were deployed. The complicated rescue operation has now been completed, it was reported on Saturday afternoon.

You can see photos of the operation here.

Several photos of the operation were posted on Facebook, showing the overturned vehicle, the damage to the truck and the firefighters. The firefighters moved the damaged truck at walking pace to a suitable parking area. No one was injured in the accident.