Senior at the wheel
Accelerator and brake mixed up: Crashed into doctor’s surgery
An 81-year-old senior citizen crashed his car into a doctor's surgery in Steinerkirchen an der Traun (Upper Austria) on Monday, probably because he confused the accelerator and brake pedals. A woman and her ten-year-old granddaughter were only just able to get to safety from the treatment table.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen An 81-year-old man from Edt bei Lambach drove his car to Steinerkirchen an der Traun at around 11.30 a.m. on Monday to pick up his 73-year-old wife from a doctor's appointment. He crashed head-on into the outer wall of the building on the approach to the surgery's parking lot.
A glass door leading into a treatment room was torn off its hinges and flung into the interior of the room.
Just barely made it to safety
A 55-year-old woman from Steinerkirchen an der Traun and her ten-year-old granddaughter from Stadl-Paura were in the treatment room at the time. When they noticed the imminent collision, they were able to get up from the treatment table and just manage to get to safety. The 81-year-old was taken to Wels Hospital with injuries of indeterminate severity.
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