Driver (48) injured
Truck crashed into toll booth on the Brenner highway
Serious truck accident Friday morning on the Brenner highway in Tyrol! An articulated lorry had apparently crashed into the toll booth in Schönberg due to a health problem. The truck driver was lucky. He only injured his hand.
The accident occurred shortly after 5.30 am. The truck crashed head-on into a concrete bollard between two toll lanes and got stuck there.
Hospitalized with serious hand injuries
The driver, a 48-year-old Ukrainian, was trapped in the towing vehicle and had to be rescued by the fire department. After initial treatment, the man was taken to hospital in Innsbruck with a serious hand injury. "Based on the information available so far, it can be assumed that the cause of the accident was medical," said the investigators.
Truck driver was not under the influence of alcohol
Even before the man, who according to the police was not under the influence of alcohol, drove into the toll booth, he hit guard rails, traffic signs and a small truck over a length of 800 meters.
Extensive recovery work
Five lanes at the toll booth had to be temporarily closed. The recovery work is proving difficult. However, despite the closed toll lanes, there were no major traffic jams on the Brenner highway.
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