Spectacular police operation on Friday night in the Tyrolean Telfs: officials were carrying out vehicle checks when a local had an accident with his car in the immediate vicinity. When the police officers wanted to run to the badly damaged car, the driver pressed the gas and drove towards them. Both had to save themselves by jumping to the side. The drunk accident driver fled – and crashed into a rock face. Seriously injured!
Shortly before 2 a.m., three police officers in Telfs carried out routine vehicle and driver checks. During an official act, an accident happened at the roundabout there. An initially unknown driver lost control of his vehicle, drove over the green area of the roundabout and finally crashed into a sidewalk edge. Two officers immediately wanted to help the driver. But he just drove on with the demolished car. “Despite the clear stop signal from the police officers, the driver did not stop, he accelerated his vehicle and drove towards both officers. They had to get to safety by jumping to the side,” reported the executive. The attempted escape ended in a crash The driver involved in the accident then fled. But this was short-lived. In the course of an immediately initiated pursuit or manhunt with several patrols, the police found the fleeing car between Telfs and the district of Bairbach. The driver had left the road and crashed into rocks! The driver, a 63-year-old Austrian, was seriously injured in this accident and was trapped in the vehicle. “He had to be pulled out of the car by firefighters. After first aid, he was admitted to the Innsbruck Clinic. A breathalyser test revealed significant intoxication,” the investigators continued. The Buchener Landesstraße was completely closed until 3.30 a.m. due to the accident. Several traffic control systems were damaged by the accident, and the 63-year-old’s car was a total loss.
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