Black in front of eyes

Driver suffered a fainting spell and lost control

A young driver drove his car off the Ossiacher Tauernstraße (L 47) in Carinthia on Sunday night and crashed into a tree root.

"The young driver's eyes went black, which is probably why he lost control of his vehicle," said the Glanhofen fire department, who rushed to the scene of the accident shortly after 10 p.m. with the Radweg, Feldkirchen and Ortisei fire departments. The car crashed into a rootstock, tearing off a front wheel.

The young man had to be rescued from the vehicle by the emergency services and was taken to Klagenfurt Hospital by ambulance with undetermined injuries. The safety work on the Ossiacher Tauernstraße was completed after an hour.