Head-on collision

Seriously injured in an accident on the Ennstal road

At midday on Sunday, there was a head-on collision on the Ennstalbundesstraße near Assach in which three people were injured, some of them seriously. Three fire departments, police and rescue services, including a helicopter, were deployed. It is not yet known why the two cars collided.

Three fire departments (Pruggern, Assach and Gröbming) had to respond to a serious traffic accident on Sunday afternoon. Two cars collided head-on near Assach on the notorious Ennstalbundesstraße B 320.

One car was being driven by a 49-year-old German woman, with her husband (52) in the car. She crossed into the oncoming lane, hit an embankment and then collided head-on with the car of a 69-year-old woman from Eastern Styria. 

Rescue helicopter on the scene
As it turned out, three occupants were injured, some of them seriously. The ambulance and fire department worked together to provide first aid. The two Germans were transported to Schladming Hospital with injuries of indeterminate severity. The 69-year-old suffered serious injuries and had to be treated by the emergency doctor at the scene of the accident and then flown to Salzburg University Hospital by rescue helicopter.

The police set up a traffic detour via an accompanying road, the fire department removed the operating fluids and provided adequate fire protection.