Two seriously injured
Senior citizen (76) drove into oncoming lane: head-on crash
A terrible accident on Tuesday morning in the Tyrolean Wipptal: a 76-year-old Italian man drove into the oncoming lane on the Brenner road and crashed head-on into the car of a local woman (36). Both suffered serious injuries. The B182 was completely closed for an hour.
The fatal accident happened at around 9 a.m. near Matrei am Brenner. The 36-year-old local woman was driving her car on the B182 towards Steinach when the Italian suddenly drove into her lane.
Woman taken to hospital by emergency helicopter
The vehicles collided head-on! The force of the collision caused serious injuries to both the woman and the senior citizen. After first aid at the scene, the 36-year-old woman had to be flown to Innsbruck Hospital by emergency helicopter. The Italian was taken there by ambulance.


Federal highway had to be closed
"Both vehicles were totaled, the Brennerbundesstraße was completely closed until around 10:10 a.m. and only one lane of the road could be used alternately until around 10:30 a.m.," said the police. In addition to the ambulance, emergency doctor and helicopter crew, the Matrei volunteer fire department and the police were also on the scene.
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