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Motorcyclist (40) seriously injured in accident

A 40-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Monday morning in Kitzelsdorf (Leibnitz district).

At around 10.30 a.m., the 40-year-old man from Graz was driving his motorcycle on the B 69 coming from Arnfels in the direction of Oberhaag. At the same time, a 68-year-old man from the district of Deutschlandsberg was driving his car on the B 69 from Oberhaag in the direction of Arnfels and turned left onto the Landesstraße 658 immediately before the approaching motorcycle. The 68-year-old's unexpected driving maneuver caused the motorcyclist to fall and sustain a serious leg injury. There was no contact between the two vehicles. The motorcyclist received first aid from the Red Cross team and the C 12 rescue helicopter and was then flown to Graz University Hospital.