Driver is shown – accident after microsleep on A9: two injured

A sensational traffic accident occurred on the A9, the Pyhrnautobahn, near Deutschfeistritz on Friday afternoon. A child and a woman were injured.

A 46-year-old was driving north on the Pyhrnautobahn with his wife and two children around 3 p.m. Suddenly the driver left the road, probably due to a microsleep. The vehicle subsequently crashed into the guardrail and the concrete center barrier several times over a distance of over one hundred meters. The passenger and a child in the back seat were injured. The rescue transported the two to the LKH-Graz.Handlebar is displayedThe damaged car was no longer drivable and had to be towed away. An alcohol test gave a slight positive reading. The man is reported. The accident site was only accessible in one lane at the time the accident was recorded. There were traffic delays. Emergency services from the Bösebach, Deutschfeistritz fire departments, the rescue service and the highway maintenance department were on duty.
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