No injuries

Boulders hit cars on the Packer road

The cars were damaged.(Bild: Georg Bachhiesl)

A moment of shock for three drivers in Vordertheißenegg in Lavanttal. Their vehicles were hit by slipping rocks on the Packer Straße on Saturday evening.

The three vehicles were traveling north on Packer Straße (B 70) in Vordertheißenegg, municipality of St. Gertraud, at around 6 p.m. when individual boulders suddenly fell from a slope onto the road and hit the cars. Property damage was caused to all cars. Fortunately, the vehicle occupants were not injured and escaped with a scare.

Road closed for half an hour
The Theißenegg and Frantschach-St. Gertraud fire departments were deployed with a total of 23 men and women and four vehicles to bind the spilled liquids and remove the boulders from the road. Packer Straße (B 70) was closed to all traffic in the area of the accident from 6.30 pm to 7 pm.