On Ennstal road

Driver (49) and four children injured in accident

On Wednesday afternoon, a serious traffic accident occurred on the B320 near Pichl (Liezen district). The driver (49) and his four underage passengers suffered injuries, some of them serious.

The 49-year-old man from Ennstal was driving his car in the direction of Liezen. At around 4.35 p.m., the man suddenly left the B320 (Ennstalstraße) for reasons that are currently unknown. The vehicle crashed into an embankment. The five people, some of whom were seriously injured (the children are 10, 11, 12 and 13 years old), were transported to Schladming, Schwarzach and Salzburg hospitals by ambulance and rescue helicopter.

The B320 was closed to all traffic until 18:10.