After rear-end collision

Box van dragged several meters by truck

There was a rear-end collision between a van and an articulated truck on the Tauern highway on Monday night. The van was subsequently dragged several meters by the truck.

The Bosnian driver (35) was driving his articulated truck on the Tauernautobahn in the direction of Salzburg at around 3.25 a.m. when the 38-year-old driver of a panel van - also from Bosnia - rear-ended him at Spittal an der Drau for an as yet unexplained reason. The van was then dragged along for around 100 meters before the two vehicles came to a standstill on the hard shoulder. 

Passenger not wearing a seatbelt 
"The passenger in the van, a 31-year-old Bosnian citizen who was not wearing a seatbelt, was injured to an undetermined degree and had to be taken to Spittal Hospital," said the police. The van was a total loss, the articulated lorry was damaged.