Six collisions

Mass pile-up on the Innviertel highway

The accidents caused a tailback (symbolic image).(Bild: U. J. Alexander)

There were several crashes on the Innkreis Autobahn A 8 on Sunday morning: the sudden and heavy sleet shower triggered a series of accidents. Numerous vehicles were involved, but fortunately only one person had to be taken to hospital.

The sudden sleet shower on Sunday morning caused a series of accidents on the Innkreis Autobahn A 8: in the municipalities of Haag am Hausruck and Pram, there were a total of six traffic accidents in both directions.

One injured
Fortunately, they all ended without serious injury, only in one of them - where four vehicles collided with each other - was one person slightly injured and subsequently taken to hospital. It was difficult to drive in both directions for two and a half hours.