36-year-old injured

Small truck crashed into train on level crossing

The demolished vehicle had to be recovered by the fire department.(Bild: Manfred Fesl)

A violent collision occurred on Thursday morning at an unrestricted level crossing in Munderfing (Upper Austria), which could not be prevented even by the train driver's immediate emergency braking.

A 36-year-old man wanted to cross an unrestricted railroad crossing secured with a stop sign with a small truck in his home municipality of Munderfing. At the same time, however, a train was approaching on the Braunau railroad line.

Emergency braking did not help
Despite immediate emergency braking by the train driver, a collision occurred in which the driver of the small truck was injured to an undetermined degree and had to be taken to hospital.

The wrecked vehicle had to be recovered by the fire department.(Bild: Manfred Fesl)

The train driver and the 22 passengers were uninjured. The railroad line was closed for two hours.