Four helicopters on the scene
Car Collides with School Bus: Four Helicopters on the Scene
A major emergency response operation took place on Thursday in St. Marienkirchen am Hausruck in Upper Austria: Around noon, a truck and a nine-seat preschool bus collided. Three fire departments, six ambulances, an emergency physician, and four rescue helicopters were dispatched to the scene. Two adults and four children were injured, some seriously. At least two children are reportedly in critical condition.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The 61-year-old truck driver from Meggenhofen was traveling on the Geiersberger Bezirksstraße (L 1075) from Eberschwang toward St. Marienkirchen am Hausruck. At the same time, a 65-year-old woman from Haag/H. was driving a school bus from the Unering municipal road toward the L 1075.
The 65-year-old’s minibus was carrying four children between the ages of four and five and a local caregiver (52). As the woman was about to cross the intersection straight ahead toward Pilgertsham, a collision occurred with the truck. Due to the force of the impact, both vehicles were thrown into the adjacent field.
Rescue shears in use
Firefighters had to use hydraulic cutters to free some of the minibus’s occupants. Three young children and the 52-year-old woman were seriously injured and airlifted by rescue helicopters to hospitals in Salzburg, Passau, and Linz. One toddler and the driver sustained injuries of an unspecified severity and were admitted to Ried Hospital after receiving initial treatment. The L1075 was completely closed in the area of the accident site for about three hours.
At 12:10 p.m., the Geiersberg-Pramerdorf Fire Department, the Hohenzell Fire Department, and the Sankt Marienkirchen am Hausruck Fire Department were alerted. Initially, all that was known was that a truck and a minibus carrying children had collided.
Incidents like this, involving seriously injured young children, are always extremely stressful.
Abschnittsfeuerwehrkommandant Jürgen Bauchinger
Bild: BFKDO Ried
The district fire chief was on the scene immediately
We spoke with Jürgen Bauchinger, the section fire chief for the Ried district: “I live just 300 meters away. The first alarm came in at 12:05 p.m. I drove there immediately. It was terrible: Two children and the driver were outside; two other children and the caregiver were inside the vehicle. The caregiver was trapped. The kindergarten bus had left St. Marienkirchen and was heading toward Ötzling. The whole thing happened at an intersection that’s actually quite visible.”
Crisis Intervention Team on Site
Since bystanders were already tending to the injured, Bauchinger coordinated the fire department’s response: “Little by little, the victims’ relatives also arrived at the scene of the accident. They were assisted by the crisis intervention team. Incidents like this involving young children aren’t easy for us firefighters either. We will certainly hold a debriefing.”
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