Pensioners overlooked – couple hit by car and seriously injured

A serious traffic accident occurred on Wednesday evening in the area of ​​Fieberbrunn in the Tyrolean lowlands. A retired couple (76 and 80) was hit by a car while crossing the street.

The accident happened around 6:45 p.m. The car driver (36) was on the main road in the direction of Hochfilzen. The driver apparently noticed too late that two people were crossing the road. The pedestrians were an 80-year-old and his wife (76). The two locals were hit by the car and suffered serious injuries. The woman had to be flown to the clinic in Innsbruck with the emergency doctor helicopter, and her husband was taken to the Kufstein hospital. The investigations into the course of the accident are ongoing. The driver was not injured.
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