In Styria

Two motorcycle accidents claimed the lives of emergency services

Two serious motorcycle accidents claimed the Styrian emergency services on Sunday afternoon. In Neuberg an der Mürz, a biker left the road and in Weinitzen, a motorcyclist was hit by a car.

This is how the accident in Weinitzen came about: At around 3.45 p.m., a 19-year-old car driver from the Graz-Umgebung district overlooked an oncoming motorcyclist on the Langeggerweg municipal road in a left-hand bend, causing both vehicles to come into contact from the side. The 75-year-old motorcyclist crashed and suffered injuries of indeterminate severity to his left foot and left hand. The man was taken to Graz Regional Hospital by ambulance. The car driver was uninjured.

Motorcyclist riding without a helmet
On Sunday afternoon, a biker also had an accident in Neuberg an der Mürz: shortly before 7 p.m., a 31-year-old motorcyclist who was riding without a helmet left the road for unknown reasons and crashed. The biker suffered serious injuries and was flown by rescue helicopter C17 to Wiener Neustadt Regional Hospital, where he was hospitalized.