Because the road was slippery with snow, a truck skidded into the oncoming lane and collided with a car. A truck following him was no longer able to avoid the accident and crashed into the victims.
A column of six trucks drove on the B137 from Grieskirchen towards Schärding shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday. It happened the way it had to. On the snow-slick road, the first truck, driven by a 36-year-old Bosnian from the Grieskirchen district, in the Basling area, municipality of Andorf, suddenly skidded and thus into the oncoming lane. Head-on against a car. There he collided with the oncoming car, driven by one 35-year-old from Andorf. Both vehicles came to a stop across the road. Despite immediate braking by the 52-year-old driver of the following truck, he was no longer able to avoid a collision with the first truck and collided with it. The 36-year-old and the 35-year-old suffered injuries of an indeterminate degree and were taken to the hospital after emergency medical treatment Hospitals in Schärding and Ried in the Innkreis. Collided against snow shovels. The onset of winter also claimed its victims in Mühlviertel. A 22-year-old from the Urfahr-Raum district was carrying out snow clearing work in Feldkirchen an der Donau around 9:50 a.m. The snow shovel that was mounted on the tractor protruded onto the road. At the same time, a 67-year-old was driving his car from the B131 towards Feldkirchen. The two vehicles collided, resulting in the 67-year-old suffering unspecified injuries. After initial treatment, he was admitted to the UKH Linz.
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