Operating marathon: serious traffic accident and fire in Schwechat!

Operating marathon: serious traffic accident and fire in Schwechat!

In the dusk of December 16, 2024, the Schwechat fire brigade was called for a dramatic operation on the A4 Ostutobahn. First, the alarm was "human rescue - four trapped people". Fortunately, it turned out that in the first accident with two vehicles that occurred in the direction of Vienna shortly before the Schwechat node, no injuries or plugs presented. While the emergency services were busy upgrading, a serious traffic accident happened on the opposite lane, which immediately attracted the attention of the emergency services, such as meinbezirk.at reported.

In the terrible incident, three vehicles came together, and four people suffered serious injuries. The passenger of a van had to be freed from the wreck with a hydraulic rescue device. In addition, there was another frightening aspect: a 30-year-old Romanian citizen observed a previous accident and did not pay attention to the back traffic, which led to another crash with a 55-year-old Austrian driver, who, despite braking, crashed into her vehicle at high speed. The people concerned, including the children in the car of the 30-year-olds, were immediately taken to the University Hospital Wiener Neustadt.

chaos on the motorway

The serious accidents led to massive traffic disruptions and long traffic jams on the A4. Due to the operational measures, the second and third lanes were closed between 7:55 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. in the direction of Hungary. Alexander Paulus from the Press Team of the Schwechat volunteer fire brigade appealed to all drivers to always form a rescue alley in the event of accidents on the highway. This measure is crucial for the quick help of the emergency services, such as fireworld.at emphasized.

Nevertheless, this was not the only assignment for the firefighters that evening. After the rescue work, the forces for a fire moved out in an industrial company in Rannersdorf after the automatic fire alarm system had been triggered. Here the volunteer emergency services again demonstrated their professionalism and operational readiness with two tank fire engines and several respiratory protection teams.