Car crashed into pizzeria – “That could have ended really badly”

After the crash in a pizzeria in Mittersill on Sunday, it is clear that holidaymakers and locals in the restaurant were extremely lucky. The person who caused the accident expressed his remorse to the police…

In heavy rain, a Pole (37) lost control of his car in Mittersill on Sunday evening – the “Krone” reported. The man drove straight into a packed pizzeria on a bend in the town center. While locals and vacationers were eating pizza and pasta there, there was a sudden crash and rumble. Tables and chairs flew. And people too.Three vacationers from Germany were seriously injured in the dramatic accident. They were subsequently taken to three hospitals in the state. Five other people, including another vacationer and four locals, were slightly injured. The fire brigade, Red Cross and emergency doctor cared for the people. The crisis intervention team was also called in.Cause of the accident: rain, cell phone and probably tirednessMartin Rauchenbacher was the first on the scene on Sunday evening. The text of the alarm: car in building. The head of operations of the Mittersill fire brigade did not initially know what awaited him and his colleagues just 50 meters from the fire station. “I don’t want to imagine what would have happened if the beer garden had been full,” says Rauchenbacher. “It could have ended badly.” He and his comrades took exemplary care of the people, had the car towed away and temporarily sealed the glass front. They were the last on site, along with the owner of the house and the tenant of the restaurant. He had only taken over the popular pizzeria in April. When will it reopen? Still uncertain. The Pole, who lives in Mittersill himself, told the police that the heavy rain and the cell phone navigation system had distracted him. The man could not rule out the possibility that he had briefly fallen asleep. However, he did not have any alcohol or drugs in his system.
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