A brief moment of inattention was enough to cause a serious accident. In the Mühlviertel this meant microsleep behind the wheel. In the end, four inmates, some of whom were seriously injured, had to be taken to hospitals in Linz.
A 60-year-old from St. Marin im Mühlkreis was driving his car on the B127, Rohrbacher Straße from Ottensheim towards Walding on Sunday around 1:10 p.m. Suddenly his eyes closed and because of microsleep he ended up on the left side of the road. There, an oncoming 80-year-old driver from Traun had no chance of preventing the accident. Thrown over an embankment After the collision, the pensioner’s vehicle was thrown over the road embankment on the right and came to a stop on company premises. The 60-year-old’s car came to a stop on the road embankment. Rescue flight to the hospital The 60-year-old was taken to the Kepler University Hospital with injuries of an unspecified degree. His 72-year-old passenger was flown by rescue helicopter to Kepler University Hospital with serious injuries. The 80-year-old was also seriously injured and taken to the UKH Linz by emergency doctor; Her 29-year-old passenger was also taken to the UKH Linz.
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