Terrible accident at work on Tuesday morning in the Tyrolean Unterland: A dump truck crashed in a quarry in Fieberbrunn (Kitzbühel district) – the 43-year-old driver was thrown out of the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries.
The tragic accident happened shortly before 9.30 a.m. in Fieberbrunn/Weißenstein. “The 43-year-old worker was busy transporting material to an interim storage facility with the dump truck,” the police said. “The vehicle fell about 40 meters, overturning several times, and came to a standstill lying on its side,” the investigators continued. For the man, who was traveling alone, any help came too late. He succumbed to his serious injuries at the scene of the accident. Autopsy ordered The dump truck had to be recovered by a special crane. The Innsbruck public prosecutor ordered an autopsy of the casualty. In addition to the police, the Fieberbrunn fire brigade with 35 members, the rescue service and an emergency helicopter were also deployed.
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