Schwechat: Dramatic traffic accident in the Rannersdorfer tunnel!

On February 12, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred in the afternoon in the Rannersdorf tunnel on the S1 towards Schwechat. The Schwechat volunteer fire brigade was immediately alerted after reports about several potentially trapped people had been received. Fortunately, it turned out that nobody in the vehicles were stuck. Nevertheless, there were two slightly injured people who were transported to the hospital by the emergency services. Two children who were also involved in the accident remained unharmed, but received a "trauma bear" from the emergency services. The fire brigade had to recover two of the four vehicles involved with a crane and a lifting glasses, while the tunnel was completely closed for the duration of the clean-up work, which led to increased traffic volume, as reported by fireworld.at

The accident was just one of several incidents that the Schwechat fire brigade employed in no time. As early as December 16, 2024, there was another serious accident on the A4 Ostutobahn with two vehicles, to which the Schwechat volunteer fire brigade was also alerted. Initially there was talk of four trapped people, which turned out to be erroneous. While the fire brigade helped to clean up in this area, a serious traffic accident with three vehicles occurred on the opposite lane, in which four people were seriously injured. A passenger had to be freed with hydraulic rescue equipment gently. As a result, there was also a fire in a nearby industrial company, which also intensified the fire brigade's operations, as meinbezirk.at . The accidents led to enormous traffic jams in both directions and the appeal to form a rescue alley was emphasized by the emergency services.