Seriously injured

Cyclist (18) crashed into parcel delivery car

The e-bike was severely damaged by the collision and the cyclist was seriously injured.(Bild: ZOOM Tirol)

An 18-year-old had to be rescued and taken to hospital with serious injuries after an accident in the Zillertal valley in Tyrol on Wednesday afternoon. The young man had crashed his e-bike into a van. 

A Turkish man (30) was driving slightly uphill on a country road in Bruck am Ziller shortly after 4 p.m. in his delivery van for parcels when the 18-year-old came towards him. 

The e-biker was traveling downhill. "For unknown reasons, he collided with the van," said the police. The cyclist suffered serious injuries in the collision. He was flown to hospital by rescue helicopter.