Accident at work

Colleague freed from under an overturned excavator

It could have turned out much worse: In Steinerkirchen an der Traun (Upper Austria), a mini excavator overturned and fell on a 29-year-old man who was trapped underneath it. The guardian angel was at the wheel of the excavator and came to the aid of his seriously injured colleague.

A 29-year-old man from the Wels-Land district was working with an excavator at an agricultural property in Steinerkirchen an der Traun on Friday afternoon.

Rescue notified
He tried to maneuver it over an embankment, but it tipped over and fell onto a 33-year-old man from the district of Gmunden. The 29-year-old was able to free the trapped man and called the ambulance.

The 33-year-old was taken to the hospital in Wels with serious injuries.