On the hard shoulder

Car driver seriously injured in crash with truck

The Viennese woman (35) was treated by first aiders and flown to the Wiener Neustadt regional hospital(Bild: FF Wiener Neudorf)

On Wednesday morning, a car driver (35) suffered serious injuries in an accident on the A2. An articulated truck collided with the car parked on the hard shoulder for an unknown reason. The woman was flown to hospital by emergency helicopter.

The Florianis from the Wiener Neudorf volunteer fire department were alerted to a serious traffic accident on the south highway (A2) towards Graz near Traiskirchen in the district of Baden on Wednesday morning. For unknown reasons, a truck crashed into a car parked on the hard shoulder. The car was thrown against the crash barrier and severely deformed.

Seriously injured woman flown to hospital
The 35-year-old female driver suffered serious injuries in the crash. "When the Wiener Neudorf fire department arrived at the scene of the accident, several first responders, including a nurse and a Red Cross volunteer, together with the team from the Christophorus 3 emergency helicopter, were already able to free the injured driver from the vehicle and provide her with initial medical care," reports the Wiener Neudorf fire department. 

The badly deformed car was recovered.(Bild: FF Wiener Neudorf)

Several lanes had to be closed.(Bild: FF Wiener Neudorf)

The driver was seriously injured in the accident.(Bild: FF Wiener Neudorf)

Closure of the A2
The Florianis recovered the severely deformed car. The truck involved in the accident was made roadworthy and was able to leave the highway accompanied by the fire department. Several lanes had to be closed and there were considerable delays in the early morning traffic.