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Frontal crash near Irenental: paramedic seriously injured, causes unclear!
Head-on collision between ambulance and truck in Lower Austria: Two paramedics seriously injured, investigations underway.
Frontal crash near Irenental: paramedic seriously injured, causes unclear!
On June 23, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred between a medical transport vehicle (KTW) and a truck (lorry) in the curve area near Irenental, in the St. Pölten district. The emergency call was immediately forwarded to the Lower Austria emergency control center, which then alerted extensive emergency services. Several ground-based rescue equipment and the Christophorus 9 emergency medical helicopter from Vienna were deployed on site to treat the injured as quickly as possible.
In the accident, two paramedics from the KTW were injured, some seriously. One of them had to be freed by the fire brigade with technical rescue and was flown to an accident hospital using an emergency helicopter. The second paramedic suffered injuries of an unspecified degree and was taken to a nearby university hospital. Fortunately, the truck driver was uninjured.
Cause of accident and investigation
The exact cause of the accident is still unclear and is currently being investigated by the police. These investigations are part of a larger framework in which road traffic accidents in Austria are systematically recorded. The legal framework stipulates that data on accidents involving personal injuries are recorded electronically by police authorities and regularly transmitted to Statistics Austria. The aim of this recording is to continuously monitor accidents in order to improve safety and prevention in road traffic, as statistics.at reports.
The Purkersdorf fire department took over the recovery of the accident ambulance with a swap vehicle, while the recovery of the truck was carried out by a private towing company, the RHC company. The affected road remained completely closed throughout the rescue operation and recovery work to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Current situation and reactions
After initial efforts on site, investigations to clarify what happened to the accident are still ongoing. This incident is not only a tragic example of the dangers of road traffic, but also a look at the statistics that are regularly published by statistics.at. These numbers are crucial for future accident research and the development of preventative measures.
Rescuers and emergency services must always be ready to save lives, despite the dangers associated with their work. This incident shows how quickly even trained professionals can find themselves in an emergency situation. We wish both paramedics a speedy recovery and hope that the causes of the accident can be clarified promptly, as meinkreis.at reports.