In Salzburg's old town
Accelerator instead of brake: Driver (80) hit pillar
A faux pas with serious consequences happened to an 80-year-old woman on Friday evening. The senior citizen wanted to drive her car from Hofstallgasse into the inner courtyard of the university auditorium. But she stepped on the wrong pedal ...
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The woman was standing in front of the barriers with her car and wanted to open them. Then the fatal mishap happened: her foot came off the brake pedal and onto the accelerator pedal. Presumably for health reasons, according to the police report.
Full throttle through the courtyard
The vehicle then broke through the barrier, thundered across the inner courtyard at full throttle and crashed into a brick pillar of the old town building. The impact caused all the airbags to deploy.
According to the police, the 80-year-old woman was injured and taken to the university hospital by the ambulance service.
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