A driver left the road in Brugga near Mölbling on Saturday evening for unknown reasons and slipped over an embankment. The car crashed into the Gurk. The fire department was able to bring the woman and her two children to safety uninjured.
“Fortunately, the mother and her two children only suffered shock. They are currently being looked after by the Red Cross team,” reports deputy commander Markus Zuschnig from the Althofen fire department. It is currently unclear why the woman drove her car off the road between Meiselding and Mölbling. The current carried the vehicle several meters away, and the woman and her children, who were riding in the back seat, were trapped in the car. Luckily, the mother was able to start the rescue chain with her cell phone. The Meiselding, Althofen, St. Veit, Thalsdorf fire departments as well as the diving water service of the Carinthian State Fire Brigade Association, the Austrian water rescue department and the Klagenfurt professional fire department were alerted. When the fire department arrived, the car was in the middle of the Gurk River. The car doors wouldn’t open. The worried father, who had rushed to the scene of the accident, was in the Gurk by the car and reassured his family. Fortunately, during the initial investigation it was found that the family was uninjured. Fire departments Meiselding (1 vehicle and 10 FF members), Althofen (4 vehicles and 21 FF members), St. Veit/Glan (5 vehicles and 25 FF members) and Thalsdorf (1 vehicle and 8 FF members) Red Cross Austrian water rescue police Althofen and police helicopter Libelle Carinthia Firefighters immediately went into the Gurk River on a leash and well equipped. They secured the vehicle to prevent further drifting. The father was actively involved in the subsequent rescue efforts. With the help of the FF St. Veit/Glan crane vehicle, the car was pulled to the edge of the bank. The family was eventually able to exit the vehicle safely via the trunk. The Red Cross, which was also on site with a large contingent, provided initial care and took the family to the hospital for further checks. Fortunately, the help of other diving water service personnel was not necessary.
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