It was either a spur of the moment act or a blatant carelessness that had serious consequences. A retired Mühlviertler driver (69) overlooked the oncoming car of a 57-year-old and rammed it head-on. Both drivers and the husband of one of them, who was traveling with them, were seriously injured in the crash.
A driver (69) from Schwarzenberg in the Bohemian Forest made a momentous decision on Wednesday on the L589 in the town of Salnau (municipality of Ulrichsberg). She wanted to overtake a truck that was being driven by a 54-year-old from Linz. The pensioner apparently overlooked the oncoming car of a 57-year-old woman from Ulrichsberg. She could no longer avoid it – a head-on collision occurred. Rescue flight to Linz The 69-year-old’s car was then thrown against the truck. The 57-year-old’s car ended up in a meadow. The consequences: Firefighters freed the passengers trapped in the wreckage. The 69-year-old and her husband (74) had to be taken to the Rohrbach Clinic with serious injuries, and the 57-year-old was flown by emergency helicopter to the UKH Linz.
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