Loosened from truck

Metal bolt drilled through car windshield

The bolt pierced the windshield(Bild: Polizei Salzburg)

A flying metal bolt became a dangerous projectile on the Mittersiller Bundesstraße (B 168) on Wednesday.

A 20-year-old man from Pinzgau was injured in a traffic accident on the Mittersill main road (B 168) on Wednesday.

A metal bolt weighing over a kilogram came loose from an oncoming truck and smashed through the windshield of his car. The young man was hit in the face.

(Bild: zVg)

The injured man was taken to the Tauernklinikum Zell am See. 

Possible information from witnesses can be obtained by calling the Kaprun police station on 059-133-5173. According to the victim, it was an orange-colored truck with a crane body.