Luck for craftsmen:

Truck slashed open with open flap, panel van

Repairs are normally carried out on that vehicle in the urban area. It is unclear whether the car itself can still be repaired.(Bild: Stadt Wien/ Feuerwehr)

During their 24-hour marathon on the X platform (formerly Twitter), the police, professional fire department, professional rescue service and the City of Vienna post many a tidbit. For example, the Florianis were called out to a badly damaged van in Floridsdorf. The workmen had a stroke of luck. 

A deafening, crunching noise was described by passers-by who witnessed a rather unusual kind of parking damage in Floridsdorf on Friday morning. Shortly after nine o'clock on Brünner Straße, a truck driver had made a serious misjudgment. The side flap of the loading area was wide open - presumably without the driver realizing it.

The side tailgate of the truck was open. Apparently without the driver being aware of it.(Bild: Stadt Wien/Feuerwehr)

Fire department only had clean-up work to do
At full speed, the tail lift caused a panel van parked in Brünner Straße to be literally slashed open on the driver's side by fitters. The damage is enormous - only the inside of the car was visible from the outside. Luckily, the tradesmen were not in their car at the time of the crash. Three vehicles from the professional fire department were deployed to clear the wreckage. 

Submerged: Masses of water caused a parking lot in Floridsdorf to give way.(Bild: Stadt Wien/ Feuerwehr)

Delivery van "sank" into parking lot
Also in Floridsdorf, there was another curious traffic incident in the morning that kept the fire department busy. Presumably caused by the heavy rainfall of the previous week, a parking lot was so flooded that a delivery van "sank" with its front wheel.

For safety reasons, the parking lot was temporarily closed and the van was freed from its predicament by a crane vehicle.