Braking because of an animal

Police car involved in crash: Three injured

A police patrol car was involved in a rear-end collision in East Tyrol on Thursday morning: A female officer had braked the patrol car on a bend due to a wild animal lying on the road, whereupon a car driving behind hit the patrol car. Three people were injured in the crash.

The accident happened shortly before 9.30 am. The 36-year-old policewoman was driving her patrol car from Thal in the direction of Assling. She was supposed to be monitoring an event there with a colleague sitting in the passenger seat.

Crash on a bend
The accident then happened on a right-hand bend. "The driver braked the service vehicle in front of an obstacle on the road, a wild animal that had already died," the executive report states. A following car then hit the police car.

After receiving first aid at the scene of the accident, the 36-year-old policewoman had to be flown to Innsbruck University Hospital by emergency helicopter.

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The two East Tyrolean police officers and the 49-year-old passenger in the car suffered injuries due to the force of the collision. "The 36-year-old policewoman had to be flown by emergency helicopter to the University Hospital in Innsbruck after receiving first aid at the scene of the accident," said the investigators.

Second police officer and co-driver taken to hospital
The 53-year-old police officer and the 49-year-old Austrian woman were taken to hospital in Lienz by ambulance for further treatment. Both vehicles sustained massive material damage.