An 85-year-old Tyrolean died in a traffic accident this afternoon. According to the police, he accidentally gave too much gas in a left turn – the engine howled.
A terrible traffic accident occurred around 5 p.m. on the Distelberg in Aschau in the Zillertal. An 85-year-old car driver was driving downhill on Koglstraße on Distelberg in Aschau in the Zillertal when, according to the police, he accidentally accelerated too much in a left turn – the engine howled loudly. As a result, he drove about 20 meters diagonally along the mountainside embankment – until his vehicle finally overturned. Any help came too late. He then crossed the road and fell 25 meters over steep terrain into the Weld. The 85-year-old Tyrolean was thrown out of the car and fatally injured. For him any help came too late. When the accident was being recorded, the scene of the accident was difficult to pass. The car was totaled. The police, an ambulance helicopter and the Aschau im Zillertal volunteer fire brigade were in action.
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