Tractor accident in Karlstetten: Driver dies, passenger injured!

Tractor accident in Karlstetten: Driver dies, passenger injured!

In a tragic incident in Karlstetten, there was a tragic tractor accident that demanded a fatality and resulted in an injured person. On Monday afternoon, the tractor, loaded with wood, reached the edge of the road for unexplained reasons and fell into an adjacent trench. The passenger was able to abseil from the vehicle in good time, while the handlebar was caught in the tractor. Rescue services and fire brigade were immediately alerted, as NÖN.AT reported.

Despite the rapid arrival of the emergency services, the handlebar of the tractor was unintentionally caught in his vehicle. The fire brigades from Karlstetten, Gansbach, Neidling, Weyersdorf and Hausenbach had to secure and raise the tractor to free the seriously injured man. Unfortunately, the driver died at the scene of the accident, while the passenger was first cared for and then transported to a hospital. The St. Pölten fire department was alerted with a car crane for the rescue of the vehicle, which led to the complete closure of the street during the use, as also nön.at reported.