Trapped in wreck
Total freeway closure after multiple rollovers
During heavy rain, a car rolled over several times on the Pyhrnautobahn in Upper Austria on Thursday evening. Both occupants were trapped in the wreckage, had to be freed and taken to hospital by helicopter. The closure of the road caused a 15-kilometer traffic jam.
According to the police, it was the heavy rain on Thursday evening that may have caused a serious accident on the A9 near Spital am Pyhrn (Upper Austria). Two Styrians (39 and 37) skidded in their car, left the road on the right and overturned several times on the embankment until they came to a standstill standing on their tires. The car was completely destroyed by the multiple rollovers and the two occupants were trapped inside.
Both occupants in hospital
The fire department freed them from the car. The driver (39) from the Deutschlandsberg district was taken to Rottenmann Hospital, his passenger (37) from the south-eastern Styria district was flown to Kirchdorf by rescue helicopter.
15 kilometer traffic jam
The Pyhrnautobahn was completely closed in the area of the accident for more than an hour. The resulting traffic jam stretched over a length of 15 kilometers.
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