After horror accident

How to help after drama?

A 34-year-old woman from Linz was killed in the accident drama on the B126 near Bad Leonfelden(Bild: TEAM FOTOKERSCHI / MARTIN SCHARINGER)

A mother of three (34) died in a head-on accident in Bad Leonfelden. Her children, aged three, six and ten, were injured. Head of crisis support Katja Sieper explains what matters now and how best to help families who have to cope with such a catastrophe. One tip first: modern communication technology makes it easier.

The terrible head-on accident on the B 126 near Bad Leonfelden on Friday afternoon shocked the whole country. A mother of three (34) from Linz drove her Dacia onto the oncoming lane in a bend and crashed into a truck. The young woman died at the scene of the accident, but her children (aged three, six and ten) survived the tragedy.