"Frontal" in Tyrol

Three injured in accident with caravan combination

Serious traffic accident on Monday in Tyrol! A German (80) collided with his car and caravan trailer on the Fernpass road near Nassereith (Imst district) with the car of a 50-year-old fellow countryman. Both drivers and a female passenger (72) suffered injuries.

At around 11.45 a.m., the 80-year-old was driving on the B179 in the Unterflurtrasse area (Nassereith bypass) when the 50-year-old German driving in the opposite direction came towards him in his lane for an as yet unknown reason. He crashed head-on into the caravan.

Rescued from vehicles with rescue shears
"The 50-year-old and the 72-year-old female passenger of the driver of the caravan were trapped in the vehicles and had to be rescued from the vehicles by the fire department with the aid of rescue shears," the police said.

The B179 was closed in the area of the underpass for two and a half hours

Die Polizei

The 80-year-old was able to get out of his car on his own. However, all three people involved were seriously injured and had to be taken to the hospitals in Zams and Garmisch or Innsbruck.

Bypass road closed for a long time
"Both vehicles sustained serious material damage and the B179 was closed in the area of the underpass for two and a half hours," said the police.