Driver injured

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The truck ended up in the middle of the ditch. It was badly damaged and there was also considerable damage to the land.(Bild: zoom.tirol)

A 34-year-old truck driver was injured in an accident in Hart in the Tyrolean Zillertal on Friday afternoon. The man had left the road with his vehicle and crashed into the bed of a stream.

The accident occurred at around 12.45 p.m. on Friday in the Helfenstein area, where the 34-year-old was driving his truck. For reasons as yet unknown, the right-hand tire of the truck went over the edge of the road. The vehicle then tipped over into the ditch of the Helfenstein watering hole. 

The 34-year-old driver sustained injuries. The ambulance had to take him to Schwaz hospital.