Because of microsleep
Driver crashes into impact absorber in tunnel
The journey ended in hospital for a 40-year-old car driver in Vorarlberg. The man was driving on the A14 in the Amberg tunnel towards Tyrol early on Sunday morning when he dozed off behind the wheel.
It was shortly after midnight when the driver fell into a microsleep and lost control of his vehicle. Shortly before the first breakdown bay, he drifted further and further to the left. At the level of the breakdown bay, he finally crashed into an impact absorber without braking.
The airbags on the driver's and passenger's side were deployed by the force of the impact. The driver was nevertheless injured and taken to the regional hospital in Feldkirch by the ambulance service.
Car only has scrap value
The car was a total loss. The Amberg Tunnel had to be closed in both directions for a good hour for the recovery and clean-up work. In addition to the emergency doctor, members of the Red Cross and the police, the Rankweil fire department with four vehicles and the Hohenems highway maintenance team were also deployed.
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