Tragedy on B17: Two dead in the event of serious frontal accident in Sollenau!

Tragedy on B17: Two dead in the event of serious frontal accident in Sollenau!

Sollenau, Österreich - serious traffic accidents shake the region

On March 19, 2025, there was a tragic accident on the B 17 in Sollenau around 11:45 a.m. A 56-year-old truck driver from the Eisenstadt area district collided head-on with a car, controlled by a 64-year-old woman from Baden, who had been on the wrong road for previously unknown reasons. The impact was devastating: both drivers died at the scene of the accident. The truck skidded and overturned while the car was thrown back by the impact. The B 17 remained closed until evening to enable the accident recording and cleanup, as well as fireworld.at reported.

accident on the A5 with high damage amount

Already on March 17th, another serious traffic accident had occurred on the A5 near St. Leon-Rot. Here there was a collision between an Audi and a truck when an unknown driver switched from the middle to the left lane with his car without considering the Audi driver. This had to initiate a full braking, lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the truck on the side. In this accident, the diesel tank of the tractor -trailer was torn open, causing about 300 liters of diesel to the highway. This led to an extensive pollution of the route, which required extensive repair work. The Lußhardt parking lot remains closed for the time being. The property damage incurred is estimated at several hundred thousand euros, and luckily there were no injuries, such as Heidelberg24.de reported.